Welcome to Drift Off, I'm your host Joanne, and you're listening to a bonus episode

called The Neckless of Pearls, a retelling by Elsie Spicer Eels.

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Welcome to Drift Off, bedtime stories to help you unwind, relax, and drift off.

Thank you for joining me, I'm your host Joanne, and it's a pleasure helping you get

restful sleep.

I created this podcast because I wanted to provide a quiet space for comfort for my listeners.

Life can get really busy, and I want this podcast to be a soft place to land at the end

of the day where you feel safe and cozy as I read you a bedtime story to help you unwind

and relax as you ease into a restful night's sleep.

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Tonight I will be reading The Necklace of Pearls, a retelling by Elsie Spicer Eels

from the 1920s about a water nymph and a handsome young lad who lives happily on an island

with his loving mother.

A water nymph who secretly loves the lad saves him and his boat from a boating accident

and takes him far away down in the depths of the sea where she lives, putting a filter

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