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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 and Elizabeth. Thank you so much for choosing to be with us this evening.

Tonight we are continuing with the secret garden.

First though, let's take a minute or two to be still and present. Put aside all your devices

and set yourself to do not disturb.

They will all still be there later or tomorrow.

But right now, you need to rest.

Let go of any tension or anxiety in your body

and just sit or lay quietly.

If any thoughts or emotions are still moving through your body,

acknowledge them, but remind yourself that you do not need to do anything about them right now.

If you have an urgent sense that you must do something, just know that there will be time for all of that later on or tomorrow.

Because just now you need to rest.

Try to resist the urge to fidget

and just maintain your stillness and breathe while I recap our last episode. Mary was doing very well, having been outdoors in the fresh air of the mores for days. She had colour in her cheeks and an appetite for the first time in her life.

One evening she decided to ask Martha why Mr Craven hated the secret garden so much.

Martha quietly told her that one day 10 years ago Mrs Craven fell from a swing hanging from a branch there and injured herself so badly that the next day she

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