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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, I have a story to tell you, and it is designed to be a gentle landing spot for your mind.

When your mind has a place to focus rather than wander, sleep becomes so much easier.

Just by listening, you'll shift your brain into task positive mode, and sleep will come.

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

If you wake in the night, don't hesitate to turn a story back on.

You'll slip right back to sleep, usually within seconds.

Our story tonight is called Tell the Bees,

and it is a story that so many of you have asked for. I know that the podcast has seen

many of you through difficult times, and often you've asked for a story that might be a balm

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