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

You feel good and then you fall asleep.

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

with audio engineering by Bob Wittersheim.

We give to a different charity each week, and this week we are giving to the National

Audubon Society.

We protect birds on the places they need at Audubon.org.

You can now subscribe to our ad free feed right on the Apple Podcast app, and you can learn

more at nothingmuchappens.com.

Let me say a bit about how this podcast works.

Just as your body needs a bed to sleep in, your mind needs a place to rest.

Some place calm and safe and simple, and that's what the story is, a place to rest your mind.

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

As you listen, pull the details of the story around you like a blanket.

Imagine yourself in the story, and before you know it, likely long before I finish reading,

you'll be deeply and peacefully asleep.

If you wake again in the middle of the night, don't hesitate to turn the story right

back on.

It'll put your mind right back into its nest, and soon you'll be waking up tomorrow, feeling

relaxed and refreshed.

Now, it's time to settle in.

Set yourself up for sleep.

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