The Remarkable Rocket and the Selfish Giant

Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults

Taesha Glasgow

Stories To Help You Sleep, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Mental Health, Just Sleep, Bedtime Stories For Adults

4 • 748 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Drift off to sleep with tonight's reading of two short stories by Oscar Wilde - The Remarkable Rocket and the Selfish Giant. These stories come from a collection first published in 1888.

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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.
0:34.1	Occasionally, we will run ads in order to cover the costs of the production of the podcast.
0:42.0	Rest assured, there will be no ads during or after the story.
0:48.8	If you prefer an ad-free and intro-free show, you can join Just Sleep Premium.
0:59.3	Visit JustSleeppodcast.com
1:02.7	slash support for more information.
1:09.2	Do, do, do, do, bumper.
1:18.9	Okay, enough Rasmataz.
1:22.0	But it's not every day a new scratch card drops.
1:24.7	With the new set for five years scratch card from the national lottery.
1:28.5	You could win five grand a month every month for five years.
1:32.3	Pick up yours in store today and get scratching.
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1:38.2	Place must be 18 or over.
1:50.2	Tonight I will be reading two short stories by Oscar Wilde,
1:54.5	The Remarkable Rocket and The Selfish Giant.
2:03.6	So lie down, close your eyes, and let me read you a story.
2:08.1	The remarkable rocket.
2:13.9	The king's son was going to be married, so there were general rejoicings.
2:21.1	He had waited a whole year for his bride, and at last she had arrived. She was a Russian princess, and had driven all the way from Finland in a sledge drawn by six reindeer. The sledge was
2:28.9	shaped like a great golden swan, and between the swan's wings lay the little princess herself.
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