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Sleep Story for Kids _ THE SLEEPY DOUGHNUTS _ Sleep Meditation for Children · New Horizon - Meditation & Sleep Stories

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  Speaker 1: Close your eyes. And make yourself comfortable. Take a deep
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  Speaker 1: breath in through your nose. And slowly and gently breathe
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  Speaker 1: out through your mouth. Again, take a deep breath in
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  Speaker 1: through your nose. And slowly and gently breathe out through
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  Speaker 1: your mouth. One more time. Deep breath in through your nose.
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  Speaker 1: And slowly and gently breathe out through your mouth. Fantastic.
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  Speaker 1: You're doing really, really well. Imagine that your feet feel
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  Speaker 1: all floppy and loose, but very, very relaxed. Almost as
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  Speaker 1: if they're falling asleep by themselves. And now all of
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  Speaker 1: your body feels the same way too. All floppy and loose.
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  Speaker 1: And you're so relaxed, but you feel ever so happy.
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  Speaker 1: Now imagine that you have roots growing out from the
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  Speaker 1: soles of your feet. Roots that look just like the
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  Speaker 1: roots of a tree. Very long and very knobbly. And
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  Speaker 1: you can hear your roots growing through the ground. And
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  Speaker 1: you can hear them as they push their way through
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  Speaker 1: the soil. And it tickles a little bit. Can you
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  Speaker 1: feel it? Can you feel the soil under your feet?
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  Speaker 1: Can you hear it? This is called grounding. And this
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  Speaker 1: keeps your energy planted in the ground so that you
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  Speaker 1: too and grow big and strong, just like the tree.
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  Speaker 1: Now imagine a beautiful white light that's surrounding your whole body.
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  Speaker 1: A light so bright that you shine much brighter than
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  Speaker 1: the brightest star. But it doesn't hurt you to look
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  Speaker 1: at it. And this beautiful, pure white light is always
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  Speaker 1: protecting you, and it's with you always, Even if you
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  Speaker 1: can't see it, it's always there. Now imagine that you're
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  Speaker 1: standing on a bright pink path and it feels very
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  Speaker 1: soft as you begin to walk on it. And as
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  Speaker 1: you walk, it feels like your feet are sticking to
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  Speaker 1: it a little bit. How strange. So you keep walking.
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  Speaker 1: You look ahead of you and you see The path
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  Speaker 1: is a bit windy. It's not straight at all. And
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  Speaker 1: you wonder where it leads. So you decide to follow
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  Speaker 1: it and see. And as you walk, you notice the
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  Speaker 1: tall trees swaying gently in the breeze. And you can
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  Speaker 1: hear the sounds of the birds singing to each other.
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  Speaker 1: You can even hear some small animals scurrying in the grass.
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  Speaker 1: And you wonder what they're doing. You think that they're
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  Speaker 1: probably looking for something to eat or maybe just having
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  Speaker 1: fun playing with their friends. You can't see them now.
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  Speaker 1: They're moving far too quickly. You follow the path as
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  Speaker 1: it snakes through the trees. And they are so tall,
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  Speaker 1: these trees, that you can't see the top of them.
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  Speaker 1: But you can see the sunshine breaking through the tops
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  Speaker 1: of the branches, though. And it almost looks like stars
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  Speaker 1: shining in the daylight as it peeks out through the
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  Speaker 1: highest branches. Suddenly, you come across a bright pink fence
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  Speaker 1: with a gate in the middle of it. And there's
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  Speaker 1: a sign on the gate and it says, Please enter
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  Speaker 1: if you want to have the best night's sleep ever. Well,
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  Speaker 1: you think that sounds like a very good idea indeed.
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  Speaker 1: The fence and the gate are made of the same
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  Speaker 1: stuff that the path is made of. And you think
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  Speaker 1: to yourself that the more you look at the fence
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  Speaker 1: and the gate and the path, it kind of looks
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  Speaker 1: like icing. Sticky, gooey icing. Well, that would explain why
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  Speaker 1: your feet have been feeling like they were sticking to
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  Speaker 1: the path now, wouldn't it? You open the gate and
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  Speaker 1: walk through. On the other side of the gate is
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  Speaker 1: something quite amazing. You can see big blue lake and
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  Speaker 1: it has an island in the middle of it. The
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  Speaker 1: pink sticky gooey path is still there and it leads
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  Speaker 1: down to the water's edge where there is a little
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  Speaker 1: boat waiting just for you. You hurry down the path
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  Speaker 1: feeling ever so excited now and as you reach the
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  Speaker 1: little boat you see that someone is waiting for you.
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  Speaker 1: That someone is a very cheeky monkey with a big
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  Speaker 1: grin on his face and he says Come on now,
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  Speaker 1: come on, I've been waiting for you. The monkey has
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  Speaker 1: on a stripy green and yellow t-shirt, bright orange shorts
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  Speaker 1: and a big purple hat with a feather sticking out
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  Speaker 1: of it. He's very colourful. You happily jump into the
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  Speaker 1: boat and sit down next to the monkey, whose name
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  Speaker 1: is Sausage, by the way. He says this is because
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  Speaker 1: he just loves sausages. He has them for his breakfast.
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  Speaker 1: He has them for his lunch. He has them for
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  Speaker 1: his dinner. He even has them for a bedtime snack too.
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  Speaker 1: My word, that's a lot of sausages. No wonder they
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  Speaker 1: call him Sausage. And you think that if he keeps
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  Speaker 1: eating that many sausages, he'll start to look like one.
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  Speaker 1: Now that you've settled in your seat, Sausage begins to row.
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  Speaker 1: He is really quite strong. and he seems to be
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  Speaker 1: rowing very quickly indeed, because within minutes you've arrived at
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  Speaker 1: the island in the middle of the lake. You jump
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  Speaker 1: out of the boat and turn to thank Sausage for
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  Speaker 1: bringing you here, but he's already off, he's rowing again.
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  Speaker 1: He shouts goodbye but carries on rowing. Wow, he really
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  Speaker 1: does row fast, he's halfway across the lake already. You
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  Speaker 1: take a good look around you, and what you see
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  Speaker 1: is wonderful. The whole island. Well, it looks like everything's
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  Speaker 1: made of sweets. Oh my, I like sweets. There is
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  Speaker 1: icing all over the ground and it's very spongy. The
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  Speaker 1: trees are made of sweets. The flowers are made of sweets.
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  Speaker 1: There are massive doughnuts all over the place. Doughnuts, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: big doughnuts. Doughnuts with blue icing. Yellow icing. Chocolate icing,
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  Speaker 1: every kind of icing. They're everywhere. And it's then you
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  Speaker 1: see another sign. And this sign says, this is where
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  Speaker 1: the sleepy doughnuts live, so please don't shout. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Sleepy doughnuts? Who on earth could they be, you wonder?
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  Speaker 1: As you take a closer look around, you see that
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  Speaker 1: all the doughnuts are actually asleep. Some are sleeping in hammocks.
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  Speaker 1: Some are sleeping on beanbags. And some of them are
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  Speaker 1: just sitting propped up by the trees and are quietly
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  Speaker 1: snoring as they slumber. Oh wow, you think this place
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  Speaker 1: is so fabulous! You walk quietly around, taking care not
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  Speaker 1: to wake the sleeping doughnut. And soon you come across
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  Speaker 1: a little house. Now this house is made of licorice.
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  Speaker 1: Red licorice. It has a marshmallow chimney. It has sponge
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  Speaker 1: cake windows. And its roof is made of toffees. Lots
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  Speaker 1: and lots of toffees. Ooh, they look ever so nice.
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  Speaker 1: It has flowers all around it. And they're all made
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  Speaker 1: of sweets. Sweets of every kind. How fantastic is that?
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  Speaker 1: As you stand there, looking at the amazing little house,
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  Speaker 1: you hear a voice call your name and it says...
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  Speaker 1: Come in. I've been waiting for you to arrive. Sausage
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  Speaker 1: told me you were coming. You've no idea how Sausage...
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  Speaker 1: could have told him you were coming. Maybe he had
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  Speaker 1: a mobile phone... and let him know that way. You
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  Speaker 1: walk inside... and you see before you another great big donut.
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  Speaker 1: This one is all covered in pink icing and he
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  Speaker 1: has the most amazing sleepy brown eyes with the kindest
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  Speaker 1: smile you have ever seen. He grins at you and
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  Speaker 1: tells you his name is Cecil And this is Donut Island.
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  Speaker 1: He already knows your name. He tells you that this
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  Speaker 1: is the place to come if you want to have
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  Speaker 1: a wonderful night's sleep. You look around the little house
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  Speaker 1: and you see that it's enchanting. It has a little
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  Speaker 1: log fire burning brightly and giving off the most wonderful glow.
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  Speaker 1: It has donut-shaped beanbags everywhere. And there are little lamps
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  Speaker 1: in each corner of the room. And there's a big
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  Speaker 1: old bookcase filled with all the stories that you love best.
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  Speaker 1: Cecil tells you to take a seat in one of
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  Speaker 1: the beanbags. So you choose the most comfiest one and
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  Speaker 1: sit down. Oh my, you think you could go to
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  Speaker 1: sleep right now, it's so comfy. It's like this beanbag
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  Speaker 1: was made to fit your body. Cecil hands you a
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  Speaker 1: great big mug of hot chocolate to drink. It has
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  Speaker 1: marshmallows in it and it has lovely thick squirty cream
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  Speaker 1: on the top of it. Mmm, and it smells lovely.
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  Speaker 1: You take a sip and it really is delicious. It
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  Speaker 1: makes you feel all warm and tingly inside. Then Cecil
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  Speaker 1: tells you that everyone that comes here, they come to
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  Speaker 1: have a nap or to have a great night's sleep.
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  Speaker 1: He asks you which one you would like. So you
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  Speaker 1: tell him You would like a great night's sleep. Cecil
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  Speaker 1: tells you that he can help you to sleep. He
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  Speaker 1: tells you that he will make sure that this will
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  Speaker 1: be your best night's sleep ever. First, he gives you
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  Speaker 1: a marshmallow pillow. First, he gives you a marshmallow pillow
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  Speaker 1: for your head. And you can rest it. Then he
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  Speaker 1: places a marshmallow blanket on you. that is so soft
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  Speaker 1: and squishy you can already feel yourself getting sleepy. Cecil
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  Speaker 1: picks up a little bag and puts his hand inside.
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  Speaker 1: And he tells you it's full of stardust. Twinkling, beautiful stardust.
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  Speaker 1: And he takes some of it out with his hand
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  Speaker 1: and he sprinkles it all over your head. Oh my.
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  Speaker 1: You feel your eyes closing. you begin to feel your
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  Speaker 1: feet falling asleep. Cecil tells you it's time to rest now.
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  Speaker 1: After all, that is what you came here for. You
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  Speaker 1: are all snuggled up on your beanbag now, with your
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  Speaker 1: marshmallow pillow and your marshmallow blanket, feeling all yummy inside
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  Speaker 1: with your hot chocolate drink. And your breathing starts to
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  Speaker 1: slow down And your little eyes don't want to open.
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  Speaker 1: You can feel yourself drifting to sleep. You can hear
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  Speaker 1: Cecil's voice quietly in the background. You have no idea
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  Speaker 1: what he's saying. You only know that you feel so
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  Speaker 1: safe and so loved. As you drift deeper and deeper
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  Speaker 1: into a lovely night's sleep. So just sleep now. And
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  Speaker 1: with Cecil's help, you will have the sweetest dreams ever.
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  Speaker 1: Night night. Night night. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: so so Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. So, Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. Amen. Thank you. so so Amen. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: so so So, So, let's pray. Thank you. Amen. So, Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. Amen. Thank you.