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 Widdersheim.

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 friendly,

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

Now, since every story is someone's first,

let me say a bit about how to use this podcast.

I have a simple story to tell you to help you relax and drift off to sleep.

Not much happens in it. and drift off to sleep.

Not much happens in it, and that's sort of the idea.

It's a place to rest your mind, and anchor to keep your ship in place till morning.

I'll read the story twice,

and I'll go a little bit slower the second time through.

If you find yourself still awake at the end of the second telling,

don't worry. Sometimes that's how it goes.

Relax. Walk yourself back through whatever bits of the story you can remember. Lean

into them and before you know it you'll be waking up tomorrow feeling refreshed and

calm. This is a kind of brain training. Sleep will come more quickly and with more ease as you practice. So have

patience if you're new to this. Our story tonight is pumpkin farmer and it's a story about a family tradition and the harvest that comes after a season of careful tending.

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