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and I hope you sleep well tonight. 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.

It is so lovely to have you with me tonight.

This evening we are returning to Rainbow Valley.

But before that, we'll take a moment to relax and get ready for sleep.

Concentrate on how your body feels and where you might be holding any pockets of tension.

Take a big stretch and allow those areas to fully relax and sink into your bed.

Now let's take some nice, deep breaths. Inhale and collect all your thoughts and concerns and exhale letting them all go.

Once more now.

Inhale and exhale.

Susan had sent six-year-old Rilla Blythe, suited and booted in her best dress,

up to the manse, with a basket of new strawberries, only to be given to Aunt Martha,

or Reverend Meredith. Mary was swinging on the gate outside,

having had a fight with Aunt Martha over peeling the potatoes,

and the sight of pretty little Rilla gave her even more cause to be cross.

A basket of codfish was lain nearby, ready to be hung to dry.

And when Rilla tried to stop Mary from taking the strawberries, Mary grabbed the biggest

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