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Hello, and welcome back to Sleepy
Stories. I'm your host, Lucy,

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and my friends and I will be
reading you a sleepy bedtime story every week

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to relax you and to help you
to drift off into a RESTful sleep.

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From time to time, we will
also read you a relaxing, peaceful meditation

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that will take you somewhere beautiful and
calming. Once we have read the stories,

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we will then read them a second
time, but this time they will

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be read even slower. This will
help you to relax even more. Before

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we begin, I would like you
to close your eyes and breathe in and

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out nice and deeply. Take a
few seconds to inhale, and then hold

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your breath for a few seconds more, and then release and breathe out.

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Do this a few times if you
need to. While you listen to the

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music and you listen to my voice, give yourself time to let your body

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relax and your mind settle. It's
important that we allow time for us to

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feel safe, cozy, and completely
at ease. And now it's time for

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this week's story. There was once
upon a time a widow who had two

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daughters. The eldest was so much
like her in the face in humor that

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whoever looked upon the daughter saw the
mother. They were both so disagreeable and

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so proud that there was no one
living with them. The youngest, who

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was the very picture of her father
for courtesy and sweetness of temper, was

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one of the most beautiful girls ever
seen. As people naturally love their own

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likeness, this mother even doated on
her eldest daughter, and at the same

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time had a horrible aversion for the
youngest. She made her eating a kitchen

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and work continually. Among other things, this poor child was forced twice a

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day to draw water about a mile
and a half from the house and bring

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home a picture full of it.
One day, as she was at this

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fountain, there came to her a
poor woman who begged of her to let

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her drink. Oh ay, with
all my heart goody, said this pretty

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little girl, and rinsing immediately the
picture, she took up some water from

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the clearest place of the fountain and
gave it to her, holding up the

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picture all the while so that she
might drink easier. The good woman,

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having drunk, said to her,
you are so very pretty, my dear,

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so good and so manly, that
I cannot help giving you a gift,

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For this was a fairy who had
taken the form of a poor countrywoman

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to see how far the civility and
good manners of this pretty girl would go.

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I will give you a gift,
continued the fairy, that at every

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word you speak, there shall come
out of your mouth either a flower or

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a jewel. When this pretty girl
came home, her mother scolded her for

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staying so long at the fountain.
I beg your pardon, mamma, said

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the poor girl, for not making
more haste. And in speaking these words,

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there came out of her mouth two
roses, two pearls, and two

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diamonds. What is it I see
there? Said the mother, quite astonished.

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I think I see pearls and diamonds
come out of the girl's mouth.

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How happens this child? This was
the first time she had ever called her

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child. The poor creature told her
frankly what had happened? Not without dropping

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out infinite numbers of diamonds in good
faith, cried the mother. I must

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in my child thither. Come hither, Fanny, Look what comes out of

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thy sister's mouth when she speaks.
Wouldst thou not be glad, my dear

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to have the same gift given thee
thou hast nothing else to do but go

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and draw water out of the fountain. And when a certain poor woman asked

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you to let her drink, to
give it to her very civilly. It

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would be a very fine sight,
indeed, said this ill bred minx,

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to see me go draw water.
You shall go, hurry, said the

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mother, And this minute so away
she went, but grumbling all the way,

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taking with her the best silver tankard
in the house. She was no

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sooner at the fountain than she saw
coming out of the wood a lady most

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gloriously dressed, who came up to
her and asked to drink. This was,

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you must know, the very fairy
who appeared to her sister, but

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now had taken the air and dress
of a princess, to see how far

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this girl's rudeness would go. Am
I come hither, said the proud saucy

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one, to serve you with water, prey. I suppose the silver tankard

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was brought purely for your ladyship,
was it? However, you may drink

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out of it if you have a
fancy. You are not over and above

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mannerly, answered the fairy, without
putting herself in a passion. Well,

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and since you have so little breeding
and are so disobliging, I give you

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a gift that at every word you
speak, this shall come out of your

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mouth, a snake or a toad. So soon as her mother saw her

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coming, she cried out, well
daughter, Well, mother answered the pert

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hussy, throwing out of her mouth
two vipers and two toads. Oh mercy,

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cried the mother, what is this
I see? Oh? Is it

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that wretch of the sister who has
occasioned all this? But she shall pay

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for it, And immediately she ran
to beat her. The poor child fled

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away from her and went to hide
herself in the forest. Not far from

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there. The king's son, then, on his return from hunting, met

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her, and, seeing her so
very pretty, asked her what she did

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there alone and why. She cried, alas, sir, my mamma has

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turned me out of the door.
The king's son, who saw five or

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six pearls and as many diamonds come
out of her mouth, desired her to

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tell him how this has happened.
She therefore told him the whole story,

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and so the king's son fell in
love with her, and, considering himself

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that such a gift was worth more
than any marriage. Potion conducted her to

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the palace of the King his father
and married her. As for the sister,

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she made herself so much hated that
her own mother turned her off,

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and the miserable wretch, having wandered
about a good while without finding anybody to

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take her in, went to a
corner of the wood, and there died

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the end. There was once upon
a time a widow who had two daughters.

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The eldest was so much like her
in the face in humor, that

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who ever looked upon the daughter saw
the mother. They were both so disagreeable

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and so proud that there was no
one living with them. The youngest,

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who was the very picture of her
father, of a courtesy and sweetness of

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temper, was one of the most
beautiful girls ever seen. As people naturally

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love their own likeness, this mother
even doated on her eldest daughter, and

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at the same time had a horrible
aversion For the youngest. She made her

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eat in the kitchen and work continually. Among other things, this poor child

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was forced twice a day to draw
water about a mile and a half from

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the house and bring home a picture
full of it. One day, as

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she was at this fountain, there
came to her a poor woman who begged

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of her to let her drink.
Oh, I with all my heart goody,

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said this pretty little girl, and
rinsing immediately the picture. She took

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up some water from the clearest place
of the fountain and gave it to her,

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holding up the picture all the while
so that she might drink easier.

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The good woman, having drunk,
said to her, you are so very

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pretty, my dear, so good
and so mallly, that I cannot help

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giving you a gift. For this
was a fairy who had taken the form

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of a poor countrywoman to see how
far the civility and good manners of this

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pretty girl would go. I will
give you a gift, continue the fairy,

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that as every word you speak,
there shall come out of your mouth

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either a flower or a jewel.
When this pretty girl came home, her

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mother scolded her for staying so long
at the fountain. I beg your pardon,

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mamma, said the poor girl,
for not making more haste, And

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in speaking these words, they came
out of her mouth two roses, two

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pearls, and two diamonds. What
is it I see there? Said the

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mother quite astonished, I think I
see pearls and diamonds come out of the

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girl's mouth. How happens this child? This was the first time she had

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ever called her child. The poor
creature told her frankly what had happened,

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Not without dropping out infinite numbers of
diamonds in good faith, cried the mother.

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I must send my char thither.
Come hither, Fanny, Look what

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comes out of thy sister's mouth when
she speaks. Wouldst thou not be glad,

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my dear to have the saying gift
given thee Thou hast nothing else to

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do but go and draw water out
of the fountain. And when a certain

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poor woman asks you to let her
drink, to give it to her very

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civilly. It would be a very
fine sight, indeed, said this ill

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bred minx, to see me go
draw water. You shall go, hurry,

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said the mother, And this minute
so away she went, but grumbling

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all the way, taking with her
the best silver tankard in the house.

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She was no sooner at the fountain
than she saw coming out of the wood

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a lady most gloriously dressed, who
came up to her and asked to drink.

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This was you must know the very
fairy, who appeared to her sister,

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but now had taken the air and
dress of a princess to see how

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far this girl's rudeness would go.
Am I come hither, said the proud

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saucy one, to serve you with
water, prey. I suppose the silver

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tankard was brought purely for your ladyship, was it? However, you may

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drink out of it if you have
a fancy. You are not over and

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above mannerly, answered the fairy,
without putting herself in a passion. Well,

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and since you have so little breeding
and are so disobliging, I give

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you a gift that at every word
you speak, this shall come out of

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your mouth a snake or a toad. So soon as her mother saw her

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coming, she cried out, well
daughter, Well, mother, answered the

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pet hussy, throwing out of her
mouth two vipers and two toads. Oh

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mercy, cried the mother, what
is this I see? Oh? Is

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it that wretch of the sister who
has occasioned all this? But she shall

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pay for it, And immediately she
ran to beat her. The poor child

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fled away from her and went to
hide herself in the forest. Not far

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from there, the king's son,
then, on his return from hunting,

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met her, and, seeing her
so very pretty, asked her what she

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did there alone, and why she
cried, alas, sir, my mamma

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has turned me out of the door. The king's son, who saw five

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or six pearls and as many diamonds
come out of her mouth, desired her

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to tell him how this had happened. She therefore told him the whole story,

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and so the king's son fell in
love with her, and, considering

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himself that such a gift was worth
more than any marriage, potion, conducted

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her to the palace of the king
his father and married her. As for

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the sister, she made herself so
much hated that her own mother turned her

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off, and the miserable wretch,
having wandered about a good while without finding

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anybody to take her in, went
to a corner of the wood, and

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there died. The end