This is Drift-Off, the sleep podcast that helps busy minds around the globe become

calm at bedtime or anytime you want to relax.

I'm your host Joanne, the voice that will guide you towards restful sleep.

I hope that by listening to my stories on a regular basis, your brain will begin to

associate my voice with safety and relaxation, helping you drift off each and every night.

Tonight I will be reading you a bedtime story, a Native American Folk tale called The

Celestial Sisters.

This story is a little bit short, so I've decided to read it for you two times.

The second time, a little bit slower and a little bit softer, there will be crackling

fire sounds in the background, and they'll extend a little bit beyond the story at the

end, and then they too will slowly fade away.

And so my friend, settling comfortably and snuggle up tight, let's get sleepy together.

Sweet dreams and good night.

Woppy or the Whitehawk lived in a room with a

remote part of the forest where animals abounded.

Every day he returned from the chase with a large spoil where he was one of the most

skillful and lucky hunters of his tribe.

His form was like the cedar, the fire of youth beamed from his eye.

There was no forest to gloomy for him to penetrate, and no track made by bird or beast of any

kind which he could not readily fall.

One day he had gone beyond any point which he had ever before visited.

He traveled through an open wood which enabled him to see a great distance.

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