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Sleep Tight Relax - Calming Bedtime Stories and Meditations

The Pine and the Willow 🌲

Sleep Tight Relax - Calming Bedtime Stories and Meditations

Sleep Tight Media

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 β€’ 1K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 17 December 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The Pine and the Willow is a Japanese Tale. The Pine is a strong, proud tree who feels bad for the Willow. Pine feels Willow needs to stick up for himself and be stronger. When a storm comes Willow bends with the wind and Pine cannot understand. Pine will find out why Willow is that way. Β  Sleep Tight! Sheryl & Clark Β  🎁🎁40% off Sleep Tight Premium until Christmas. Β  ❀️ If you are enjoying the podcast and would like to show your support. then we would love for you to check out Sleep Tight Premium, not only would your support help us to continue producing the show, but our premium feed is all about supporting your sleep time routine. And there are special shoutouts for the kids! Visit sleeptightpremium.com to learn more. Β  πŸ‘‰ Checkout our merch.! πŸ‘‰ First time listening to Sleep Tight Relax? Please subscribe and follow us on Spotify. πŸ‘‰ We're social! Connect on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. ❀️ We would love to hear from you, reach out to us via email. Β  ❀️😴 Β  About Sleep Tight Relax Prepare to drift calmly off to sleep by listening to our weekly podcast which mixes relaxation and meditation techniques with rich bedtime stories, calming sounds of nature, and soothing music. Created for kids but safe for all ages, Sleep Tight Relax can make bedtime, quality time, by helping busy minds become calm and relaxed. Many listeners have stated that the podcast has helped them decrease anxiety and get the best sleep they have had in years. Sleep Tight Premium Subscribe to Premium to get instant access to interruption-free episodes, extra exclusive stories, breathing and mindfulness episodes, and music and sound for sleep. Sleep Tight Premium feed includes: No interruptions or ads πŸ™Œ 4 + sleep stories per week πŸ“– Mindfulness and meditation episodes 🧘🏽 Extra long sleep sounds and music episodes πŸ”Š Access to our full catalog of over 500+ episodes πŸ“š Special shoutouts for the kids (including birthdays) ❀️ Get your 7-day free trial: https://sleeptightrelax.com/premium/ Thank you so much for listening!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, friends. Have you checked out our new channel on Apple Podcasts? Over the past few years,

0:11.4

Clark and I have worked hard to bring you stories and science content that entertains and

0:17.6

educates while helping your little ones relax and drift off to sleep.

0:23.9

On our new channel, you'll find ad-free episodes, bonus stories, and for the first time,

0:32.9

classic tales, presented just as they were meant to be heard, one chapter at a time.

0:40.6

It's a wonderful way to experience these timeless stories together, helping to make bedtime

0:47.1

a cozy, shared adventure. Look for Sleeptight Media on Apple Podcasts, and let's make bedtime the best part of the day.

0:59.6

This story was originally published in Sleeptight Premium.

1:04.6

To listen to more stories like this, please visit www.com and subscribe. That's sleeptightpremium.com. Thank you.

1:21.2

Hello, I'm Cheryl, and this is Sleep Tight Relax, a calming bedtime podcast for the young and young at heart.

1:40.9

Music This is a story about a very proud pine tree who feels sorry for the willow tree who grows beside him.

2:01.1

The pine feels he is strong and nothing can hurt him,

2:06.1

and he wonders why the willow cannot be more like him.

2:12.1

The willow tries to explain he is happy the way he is,

2:17.0

but the pine tree does not understand until a storm comes.

2:24.7

The pine and the willow.

2:29.9

In a beautiful large garden, among many kinds of trees and shrubs, there stood a tall,

2:39.0

fine pine tree, and near to him, and almost as tall, a graceful willow.

2:48.7

One dark winter morning, the wind blew hard, and the clouds showed that a storm was coming soon.

2:59.6

The pine felt lonesome, as little children often do, and thought he would talk to the willow. So he said, friend Willow, your branches are

3:11.8

trembling. I am sorry for you, for I know you are afraid of the storm that is coming. I wish you were

3:21.8

like me. I am so strong, nothing can hurt me.

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