Welcome to bedtime stories for everyone, in which nothing much happens.

You feel good, and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nicolai, my read and write all the stories you hear on nothing much happens,

with audio engineering by Bob Wittershime.

Others all over the world frequently tell me they wish they could listen to my stories

when they're on language.

And I'll have some more updates about that soon.

But for now I want to let you know that my audio book, also called Nothing Much Happens,

is already available in many, many languages.

Just search wherever you listen.

We give to a different charity each week at Nothing Much Happens, and this week we are

giving to the National Alliance to End Homelessness at nhomelessness.org.

They are committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States.

Now your work for the day is done.

Let me take over from here.

I'll read you a story, and as you listen, your thinking mind will be engaged and unable

to wander.

Your brain activity will shift from default mode to task mode, and that is the great secret

to falling and returning to sleep.

I'll read the story twice, and I'll go a little bit slower the second time through.

If you find yourself awake again in the night, think back through any parts you can remember,

or restart the story.

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