The Sums That Came Right - Fairytale Bedtime Stories
Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Taesha Glasgow
4 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Can't sleep? Quiet your mind with two bedtime stories featuring fairies. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts. For other podcast platforms go to https://justsleeppodcast.com/support
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. Welcome to the Just Sleep podcast. I'm Tasia, your host. |
| 0:15.5 | Every week, I will read you an old story to help you relax, |
| 0:21.6 | but the stressful day behind you and drift off to sleep. |
| 0:30.6 | Occasionally, we will run ads in order to cover the costs of the production of the podcast. |
| 0:43.8 | Rest assured, there will be no ads during or after the story. |
| 0:50.6 | If you prefer an ad-free and intro-free show, you can join Just Sleep Premium. |
| 1:01.2 | Visit JustSleeppodcast.com slash support for more information. |
| 1:15.4 | Fevertree Mediterranean tonic water. |
| 1:21.2 | Made with zesty lemon time from a small family farm in Provence and essential oils from herbs that grow in the Mediterranean sunshine. |
| 1:26.9 | So, if three quarters of your G&T is a fever tree tonic, |
| 1:31.9 | maybe it's time to call it a TNG. |
| 1:35.8 | Fever tree. |
| 1:37.1 | Mix with the best. |
| 1:40.1 | Ooh, that takes me straight to the med. |
| 1:47.0 | Two night. Ooh, that takes me straight to the med. Tonight, I will be reading two short stories that feature fairies. |
| 1:57.2 | The Sums That Came Right by Edith Nesbitt. |
| 2:04.7 | And the legend of the wooden shoes by William Elliot Griffiths. |
| 2:14.3 | So lie down, close your eyes, and let me read you a story. |
| 2:20.3 | The sums that came right. |
| 2:28.3 | If 27 barrels full of apples cost 25 pounds, 13 shillings, three pence. What would the same barrels |
| 2:38.0 | be worth if they had been packed by a dishonest person who only put in seven-ninths of apples in |
| 2:44.2 | each barrel and the rest sawdust? This was the sum. It does not look very hard, perhaps, to you who have studied ardently for years at a |
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