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

You feel good, and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nikolai.

I write and read all the stories you hear on Nothing Much Happens.

Audio Engineering is by Bob Wittersheim.

We are bringing you an encore episode tonight, meaning that this story originally aired at some point in the past.

It could have been recorded with different equipment in a different location.

And since I'm a person and not a computer,

I sometimes sound just slightly different.

But the stories are always soothing and family-friendly,

and our wishes for you are always deep rest and sweet dreams.

Now, especially if you are new here, and if you are welcome, we're so glad you're here.

Let me say a little bit about how this works.

Your mind needs just the right amount and type of engagement to make falling asleep easier.

And after six years, yeah, I've kind of cracked the code.

I'll tell you a soft, soothing bedtime story. It's short on plot, but full of relaxing details.

All you have to do is listen and will guide your brain to reliable sleep. I'll tell the story twice,

and I'll go a little slower the second time through.

If you wake later in the night,

you can just start the story over again,

or think through any part of it that you can remember.

This is brain training, so give it some time for it to really become ingrained.

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