Then she spoke, she said, good morning.

Never had we heard a voice like hers. Never, in all my life since, have I heard such a voice.

I cannot describe it. I might say it was clear. I might say it was sweet. I might say it was

vibrant and far-reaching and bell-like. All this would be true, but it would give no real

idea of the peculiar quality which made the story girl's voice what it was. If voices had

colour, hers would have been like a rainbow. It made words live. Whatever she said became a

breathing entity, not a mere verbal statement or utterance.

Felix and I were too young to understand or analyse the impression it made upon us,

but we instantly felt at her greeting that it was a good morning,

a surpassingly good morning, the very best morning that had ever happened in this

most excellent of worlds.

Come away with us on a trip to a serene rural beach town in early 20th century Canada, as we read Lucy Maud Montgomery's The Story Girl, this season on Send Me to Sleep.

The Story Girl follows the journey of brothers Beverly and Felix as they travel to their father's

ancestral home for the summer to live with their uncles, aunts and cousins.

The group of imaginative cousins spend their summer on Prince Edward Island, bound together

by the enchanting tales of the mysterious Sarah Stanley, otherwise known

as the Story Girl. Through their stories and their shared adventures, they discover friendship,

creativity, and the bittersweet passage between childhood and growing up.

This early novel from Montgomery,

directed at younger audiences than some of her later work, distills her effusive awe and admiration for nature and life's small moments into a beautifully paced slice of life tale,

imbewing the listener with that warm wonder of simpler childhood days,

comforting and relaxing the mind for a peaceful night's sleep.

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