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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.

Thank you for choosing to be here this evening.

Tonight we are continuing with Treasure Island,

but before we open our book, take a moment to relax where you are.

Take a big stretch and allow your body to release any excess tension in your muscles.

Physically feel yourself, let go.

Now take a deep breath in and imagine all those thoughts, worries or concerns from the day,

filling up a huge balloon.

And on your exhale, let that balloon float away from you.

Once more, inhale and Exhale.

Jim's family run the Admiral Benbow, a coastal inn on the way to Bristol.

One day an old sea dog arrived with a large sea chest dragging behind him singing 15 men on the

dead man's chest. Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum. He asked if many other

seafarers came here and was told that they didn't usually.

He decided it was the perfect place for him to stay

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