The Light Princess - A Fairytale Sleep Story
Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Taesha Glasgow
4 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Struggling to fall asleep? Distract your mind with a sleep story by George MacDonald. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts. For other podcast platforms go to https://justsleeppodcast.com/support
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. Welcome to the Just Sleep podcast. I'm Tasia, your host. |
| 0:15.5 | Every week, I will read you an old story to help you relax of the stressful day behind you and drift off to sleep. |
| 0:30.6 | Occasionally, we will run ads in order to cover the costs of the production of the podcast. |
| 0:43.9 | Rest assured, there will be no ads during or after the story. |
| 0:50.6 | If you prefer an ad-free and intro-free show, you can join Just Sleep Premium. |
| 1:01.0 | Visit JustSleeppodcast.com slash support for more information. |
| 1:12.3 | Members of the JustSleep Premium community |
| 1:15.7 | can access the full extended version of this episode. |
| 1:21.8 | If you're interested in joining Premium, |
| 1:23.9 | you can subscribe at JustSleeppodcast.com slash support. |
| 1:32.5 | Tonight, I would be reading The Light Princess by George MacDonald. |
| 1:41.6 | So lie down, close your eyes, and let me read you a story. |
| 1:53.7 | Chapter 1 |
| 1:54.8 | What? |
| 1:56.8 | No children. |
| 2:01.5 | Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king |
| 2:07.1 | and queen who had no children. |
| 2:11.0 | And the king said to himself, All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, |
| 2:19.5 | some seven, and some as many as twelve. |
| 2:20.5 | My queen has not one. |
| 2:22.8 | I feel ill-used. |
| 2:26.0 | So he made up his mind to be cross with his wife about it, but she bore it all like |
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