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Good evening and welcome to the sleepy bookshelf,

where we put down our worries from the day and pick up a good book.

I'm your host, Elizabeth, and I'm so glad you chose to be here tonight, because this evening

we are returning to Rainbow Valley.

But before that,

let's focus on calming our minds and bodies.

Take a few deep breaths on your own

and now find a more natural rhythm of breathing.

Really focus on where you notice the breath the most.

Is it on the entrance to your note?

As the cooler air comes in and the slightly warmer air sweeps out, or maybe it's in the expanding of your ribcage,

or the rise and fall of your belly, as you breathe in and out, in and out.

Wherever you do feel it the most, keep your attention there, and each time your mind wand wanders just bring it back to that place

and when you are ready feel free to focus on the sound of my voice as i recap our last episode

anne shirley and her family had just our last episode.

Anne Shirley and her family had just returned to Four Winds Harbour, after a three-month trip away, first to England and then to Green Gables.

Four of their children, Gem, Walter and the twins,

were eager to head into the valley, their favourite place in the world.

Rilla, who was six and the youngest, was curled up on the front porch asleep.

And Shirley, who was shared between Anne and Susan, their help around the house, was asleep on that other woman's lap.

Miss Cornelia arrived promptly to talk Anne through all the goings on in their absence,

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