Take It Easy On The Sleep Raft: A Story for Kids

Little Stories for Tiny People: Anytime and bedtime stories for kids

Rhea Pechter

Books, Kids & Family, Arts, Stories For Kids

4.5 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Lambden is thrilled to finally get to spend a few weeks at Woolly Adventures, a real overnight summer camp for young sheep. The first day is so exciting and so exhausting that he falls asleep swiftly in his bunk bed. But after an unfortunate encounter with poison whistlefern, and a day spent inside due to rain, Lambden struggles to fall asleep without the help of his beloved Sleep Train. But there is no way he'll get to board it while at camp...or is there? Listen to find out what happens in this entertaining tale about your favorite serious sleeper. If you LOVE THIS EPISODE, PLEASE SHARE IT! Thank you to FINLEY and RORY for the super important reminder message at the beginning! Thank you to the many premium subscribers who supplied sound effects used in this story: JJ, NOAH, OLIVIA, DANTE, LOLA, CHARLOTTE, SUMMER, MAGNOLIA, LANA, KAI, AMAYA, RUBY, ROXY, TEDDY, AVERY, KEIRA, AUDREY, MAYA, IVY, HAZEL, EILA, LILY, ALMA, and PENINA! Get more of the stories you love, ad-free listening, and access Little Stories for Sleep--a bedtime podcast featuring brand new sleep stories--with Little Stories Premium! Join or GIFT a subscription at http://www.littlestoriespremium.com

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0:00.0	This is Ria. Welcome to Little Stories for Tiny People. I never went to sleepaway camp as a kid. I'm making up for that with this story. Let's hear it. It's called
0:24.2	Take It Easy on the Sleep Raff. Take it away, Finley and Rory. Remember, there are no pictures.
0:34.9	You have to imagine them in your mind. You can imagine them however you want. Okay, here we go.
0:50.2	Before arriving at Woolly Adventure's summer camp, Lambden had never been to a sleepaway camp.
0:59.3	His mother usually signed him up for day camps that suspiciously resembled school.
1:05.6	But Woolly Adventures was a proper summer camp, complete with a swimming quarry, a ropes course,
1:17.3	disappointing food.
1:19.2	Is it me, or does this alfalfa taste like it was in some sheep's shoe for a week?
1:24.9	Wilderness excursions.
1:27.3	Showers with just two settings, either scalding hot,
1:32.2	or ice cold. I can't feel my face. And cabins housing eight young sheep apiece. On his first day, Lambden learned to tie 16 types of knots,
1:49.1	hiked three miles to a waterfall, and played a rowdy game of sharks and minnows. At lights out,
1:57.8	he collapsed into the top bunk after a quick shower.
2:02.6	I can't feel my face.
2:04.6	And was out cold the moment his head hit the pillow.
2:09.6	It was a great relief.
2:12.6	Though he'd poured over the camp brochure for weeks with mounting excitement, he'd also wondered whether he'd be
2:22.4	able to fall asleep in such an unfamiliar place. Lambden had always struggled to fall asleep.
2:32.5	There had been many nights when he laid in bed,
2:36.2	the very picture of a peaceful sheep,
2:39.9	while his brain hurtled from one idea to the next for hours.
2:46.9	All that changed a few years back
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