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 Widdersheim.

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 let me say a little about how this podcast works.

I have a story to tell you. And that story will become a soft nest to lay your mind in for the night.

Both as you fall asleep, and if you need to return to sleep later.

Just follow along with the sound of my voice and the simple details of the story.

Let it be like a lullaby for your thinking mind.

As it's rocked to sleep, your whole body will become heavy and relaxed.

And before you know it, you'll be waking up tomorrow, feeling ready to go.

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

If you wake in the night, you could listen again,

or just think back through the shape of the story.

Anything that you can remember and you'll go right back to sleep.

With this technique we are conditioning your nervous system to

respond in a particular way and the more you do it the better your sleep will get.

Our story tonight is called The Dog Days of Summer.

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