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Good evening and welcome to the sleepy bookshelf

where we put down our worries from the day and pick up a good book.

I'm your host, Elizabeth. I'm so glad you chose to be here tonight.

This evening we are returning to the secret garden but before that I'll give you some time to settle down for the

night give yourself a nice big stretch, allowing all the tension to release from your muscles. You have nothing left to do today, but

get a good night's sleep. That is such a nice feeling, isn't it?

Now let's take some deep breaths to calm our minds.

Inhale deeply and mentally collect all the thoughts still occupying your concentration and exhale letting them all go.

Once more. go.

Once more, inhale and exhale and exhale. And exhale.

Lovely. When Dickon was at home,

when Dickon was at home,

he also tended his family's kitchen garden.

His mother praised his green thumbs, and not only did the vegetables grow wonderfully.

He made it look beautiful too,

with flowers sewn here and there, and in all the crevices of the stone wall.

In the twilight evenings his mother liked to sit there while he worked and listened to his stories from

his day.

Today, Dickon had the approval from Mary and Colin to tell his mother about the secret

garden and Colin's miraculous recovery.

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