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Night's Rest. My name's Andrew. Thanks for joining me. Tonight, I'll be

reading Part 4, Chapters 8 and 9 of Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter. In the previous chapters, Miss Polly began to lay down a daily plan for

Pollyanna's education, leaving her little room for fun, and Miss Polly also replaced all of her

tattered old clothes, much to Pollyanna's delight. After sneaking out to sleep on

the roof, feeling far too hot in her stuffy attic, Miss Polly once again tried to punish Polly

who saw her punishment as a pleasant and lucky gift, leaving Miss Polly confused and feeling

helpless.

Now that we're caught up with the story so far, let's get ourselves ready for sleep.

Start by taking a deep, relaxing breath and settle your body in whatever

way feels most comfortable. Now let any thoughts of the day drift away from your mind and simply follow the sound of my voice.

So let your eyes fall heavy and your breath soften as we settle in for a peaceful night's sleep. Chapter 8

Pollyanna pays a visit.

It was not long before life at the Harrington homestead settled into something like order, though not exactly the order that Miss

Polly had at first prescribed. Pollyanna sewed, practiced, read aloud, and studied cooking in the kitchen. It is true. But she did not give to any of these

things quite so much time as had first been planned. She had more time also to just live, as she expressed it, for almost every afternoon, from two until six o'clock,

was hers to do with as she liked, provided she did not like to do certain things already

prohibited by Aunt Polly.

It is a question, perhaps, whether all this leisure time was given to the child as a relief to Pollyanna from work, or as a relief to Aunt Polly from Pollyanna.

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