4.8 • 666 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hello there and welcome to Down to Sleep. This is my podcast of softly spoken audiobooks and bedtime stories to help you get a good night's rest. |
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0:37.2 | episode. Let's go ahead and take a nice deep breath. |
0:41.1 | Let's tuck you in and let's get down to sleep. With the Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett. |
0:51.5 | Good night. She slept a long time. And when she awakened, |
0:59.0 | Mrs. Medlock had bought a lunch basket at one of the stations, and they had some chicken, |
1:06.0 | and cold beef, and bread, and butter, and some hot tea. The rain seemed to be streaming down more heavily than ever, |
1:18.6 | and everybody in the station wore wet and glistening waterproofs. The guard lighted the |
1:26.3 | lamps in the carriage, and Mrs. Medlock cheered up very much over her tea and chicken and beef. |
1:34.3 | She ate a great deal, and afterward fell asleep herself. |
1:41.3 | And Mary sat and stared at her, and watched her fine bonnet slip on one side |
1:48.6 | until she herself fell asleep once more, in the corner of the carriage, lulled by the splashing |
1:58.4 | of the rain against the windows. |
2:01.9 | It was quite dark when she awakened again. |
2:05.4 | The train had stopped at a station, and Mrs. Medlock was shaking her. |
2:12.7 | You have had asleep, she said. |
2:15.2 | It's time to open your eyes. |
2:17.1 | We're at Thwait Station, and we've got a long drive |
2:19.4 | before us. Mary stood up and tried to keep her eyes open while Mrs. Medlock collected her |
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