The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Taesha Glasgow
4 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Tonight's snoozy tale is the Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. Published in 1881, it is the story of two boys, born on the same day, identical in appearance, and from very different backgrounds. In this episode, Tom Canty, the pauper, meets the Prince for the first time.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. Welcome to the Just Sleep podcast. I'm Tasia, your host. Every week, I will read you |
| 0:17.1 | an old story to help you relax, put the stressful day behind you, and drift off to sleep. |
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| 1:51.6 | Tonight I will be reading The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. |
| 1:59.4 | So lie down, close your eyes, and let me read you a story. |
| 2:06.2 | I will set down a tale as it was told to me by one who had it of his father, |
| 2:10.5 | which latter had it of his father, |
| 2:13.9 | this last having in like manner, |
| 2:16.7 | had it of his father, and on back and still back three hundred years and more the fathers transmitting it to the sons and so preserving it |
| 2:29.8 | it may be history it may be only a legend, a tradition. |
| 2:36.1 | It may have happened. |
| 2:37.8 | It may not have happened, but it could have happened. |
| 2:42.2 | It may be that the wise and the learned believed it in the old days. |
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