Welcome to Sleep Whispers.

I'm Harris, and I created this podcast to help you to de-stress,

relax, and sleep.

So go ahead, lean back, put up your feet, and settle into my world of whispers.

I hope this episode distracts and relaxes your overactive brain squirrels.

Tonight's story is titled,

The Capture of Father Time,

and it's by L. Frank Baum.

This is another short story

by the author of The Wizard of Oz.

I think this is the seventh one of done by Elfrank Baum.

You seem to really like his stories, and I do too.

Here's a short summary of the story to give you a little premise.

It begins with a 12-year-old boy who enjoys riding horses and doing tricks with his lasso.

One day while tossing his lasso at imaginary targets, he captures an invisible object.

The invisible object turns out to be an old man with a bald head and a long white beard

who claims to be Father Dime.

Father Time then explains that the boy has stopped time by lassoing him.

This turns out to be true when the boy sees that all the people in town are frozen in place.

This gives the boy an idea, and he decides to set up a bunch of practical jokes on the frozen people

that will become activated when the townspeople are unfrozen.

And you'll hear all about his silly brinks as you listen to the whole story.

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