Hi and welcome back to Coco Sleep. I hope you're enjoying a new podcast of original

children's bedtime stories and sleep meditations designed to make bedtime a dream.

If you love Coco Sleep please ask your adult to leave a rating and review as this really

helps others find it too. Speaking of finding things. Tonight's little tale is a re-imagining

of the classic story by Clara Dillingham Pearson and it features a curious little bat who wants

to find out more about what goes on in the forest when he is usually asleep. Do you know

when bat sleep? That's right, they are nocturnal which means they sleep during the day when many

other animals are awake. He fears he's missing out and luckily his parents like his curiosity,

so he goes on a brave adventure of discovery. Before we begin a quick message for the grown-ups,

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Learn more at storybutton.com. Now hop into bed, pull up your duvet, your blankets and close your

eyes. Take a few deep breaths in and out. Relax your tummy, relax your knees, wiggle your fingers

in your toes. Close your eyes. And now I'll begin the little bat who wouldn't go to bed

by Gillian Rajasthan.

The eastern sky grew brighter as the sun woke up and got ready to shine its light across the forest.

A family of bats flew through the sky and towards their cozy cave ready to settle down in their

beds. They'd had an amazing night flying through the starlit forest and had mingled with

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