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Welcome to send me to sleep, the world's sleepiest podcast.

I'm your host, Andrew.

I'm here to help calm your mind and send you into a peaceful night's sleep.

Tonight, I'll be reading the second and last part of the Blue Bird from Andrew Langs, the Green Fairy Book.

So let your eyes fall heavy and your breath soften as we settle in for a peaceful night.

At last, the spy, who had never taken her eyes off the Princess Day or night, was so overcome with the weariness that she fell into a deep sleep.

And as soon as the Princess saw that, she flew to open her window and cried softly.

Blue Bird, blues the sky, fly to me now, there's nobody by.

And the Blue Bird, who had never ceased to thrust around with insight and hearing of her prison, came in an instant.

They had so much to say and were so overjoyed to meet once more, that it scarcely seemed to them five minutes before the sun rose and the Blue Bird had to fly away again.

But the next night, the spy slept to soundly as before, so that the Blue Bird came and he and the Princess began to think they were perfectly safe and to make all sorts of plans for being happy as they were before the Queen's visit.

But, alas, the third night, the spy was not quite so sleepy and when the Princess opened her window and cried as usual.

Blue Bird, blues the sky, fly to me now, there's nobody by.

She was wide awake in a moment, though she was sly enough to keep her eyes shut at first.

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