With the day now over, making space and time for yourself to help quiet your mind can help

you let go of the day and any busy thoughts.

That's what we do here at Drift Off.

We offer a pleasant distraction to help quiet and soothe your mind with a calming bedtime

story.

I'm your sleep guide, Joanne, the voice that will take you on this journey towards restful sleep.

Tonight's bedtime story is called The Hidden Treasure by Isabel Bellerby.

Because this is a shorter story, I will tell the story two times.

The second time around, I will read the story a little slower and a little softer

as a way to help slow down the brain waves to help you get nice and sleepy so you can more easily

Drift Off. So my friend, settle in under the covers and snuggle up tight.

Let's get sleepy together now. Sweet dreams and good night.

There were four kings, the king of the north, the region of perpetual snow,

the king of the south, where the sun shines all year round, the king of the east,

from whence the cold winds blow, and the king of the west, where the gentle zephyr is

breath upon the flowers and coax them to open their petals while the rest of the world is still

sleeping. And there was the great dragon who lived on top of a high mountain in the center of the

universe. He could see everything that happened everywhere by means of his magic spectacles,

which enabled him to look always at once and to see through solid substances, but he could only see

not here, for he was as deaf as a post. Now the king of the north had a beautiful daughter called

crystal. Her eyes were bright like the stars, her hair was black like the sky at night,

and her skin was as white as the snow which covered the ground outside the palace where she lived,

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