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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 Wittersheim.

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 friendlyfriendly, and our wishes for you are always deep rest and sweet dreams.

We've got a few treasures left in our Wind-down collection, and we're sending them off with love and a deep discount.

Both the weighted pillow and our Wind-down box are now 50% off.

Think of it as the perfect way to set up your autumn bedtime routine.

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Now, falling asleep becomes so much easier when you have a place to rest your mind.

And if that place can be comforting and enjoyable, well, good sleep hygiene is easy.

So that's what I have for you.

A place to put your restless mind where it will be engaged instead of wandering and you will sleep.

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

If you wake later in the night, turn the story right back on, and you'll be asleep again

within seconds. Our story tonight is called the porch steps, and it's a story about tending to a satisfying chore

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