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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 Elizabeth, your host.

It is such a pleasure to be here with you this evening.

Tonight we are returning to the secret garden.

But first, let's take a moment to relax our minds and bodies.

Wherever you are, give your shoulders a role, forwards and backwards, however many times feels good for you.

Close your eyes and breathe in for one, two, three seconds.

Hold for two, three seconds,

for two, three seconds,

and then exhale for one, two, three seconds. Continue this steady breath and pay attention to how your body feels, while you're breathing try to send that breath

to every part of your body, from your toes, to the tips of your fingers, to the top of your

head, and as you exit. to the top of your head.

And as you exhale,

imagine breathing out any tension your breath finds in your body.

With one more deep breath in, audibly sigh out your exhale and settle down while I recap our last episode. A full week of son shone down on Missothwaite Manor,

and Mary spent the hold of it in her secret garden.

She had learnt to sneak up on Ben Weatherstaff if she wanted him to talk to her. That way he couldn't pack his

things up and move on before she reached him. This day the Robin came to say hello, looking healthier and more beautiful than ever.

Ben said he had been preening himself for courting.

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