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Sleep Story for Children _ BECOMING A SQUIRREL _ Bedtime Sleep Meditation for Kids · New Horizon - Meditation & Sleep Stories

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  Speaker 1: Find a nice comfortable place to sit and close your eyes,
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  lie down if you want to, and just relax. Take
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  a deep breath into your nose and slowly and gently
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  breathe out through your mouth. Again, take a deep breath
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  into your nose and slowly and gently breathe out through
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  your mouth. One more time, deep breath in through your
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  nose and slowly and gently breathe out through your mouth.
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  Now bring your breathing back to its normal rhythm. Feeling
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  your chest rise and fall gently, feeling all warm and
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  very safe, and feeling peaceful and calm and very relaxed.
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  Take another slow, deep breath in through your nose and
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  slowly and gently breathe out through your mouth, knowing that
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  in this moment, all is well in your world. And
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  with each breath you take, you can feel yourself becoming
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  more and more relaxed, and you feel so peaceful, so calm,
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  but you feel very happy and light, and your breathing
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  is now almost still. You're so relaxed. Now, imagine that
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  you're standing in a beautiful, lush green field and it's
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  raining very lightly. You look down at your feet and
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  you notice you don't have any shoes on. You wriggle
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  your toes in the soft, cool and damp grass, and
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  it feels so good. You feel so good to connect
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  on mother Earth yourself and your feet start to tingle
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  just a little bit. You can smell the beautiful aroma
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  of the wet grass, and it smells so pure, and
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  tiny rain drops glisten on the lush green leaves. You
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  close your eyes and feel the warm sun on your face.
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  The rain has stopped now and there is a gentle
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  breeze blowing, and you stretch your arms out either side
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  of you feel a breeze sweep over your entire body.
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  You feel great, so much better, more calm and peaceful.
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  You look down and you see a path, really see
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  all the details of the path. What's it made from?
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  Is it narrow or is it wide? Is the path
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  winding or is it straight? You decide it's your path.
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  You begin to walk and see the path is leading
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  you into a beautiful and majestic forest, and you can
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  enter that forest. What can you see? What can you hear?
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  You look over towards the trees and decide to take
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  a look because it kind of looks like a mini forest.
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  And as you get nearer, you see some very big,
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  beautiful weeping willow trees, and their branches are so long
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  they're almost touching the ground. The leaves glisten in the
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  sunlight and they shimmer and shine with a beautiful, silvery
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  green color. You walk amongst them, touching their leaves with
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  your fingers and they feel smooth and silky to the touch.
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  And as you look up, you can see the sun
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  is shining through the branches, almost making it look as
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  if the tree itself is moving and swaying in the
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  cool breeze. As you walk deeper into the forest, it
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  feels very magical, and you notice that all of your
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  senses seem to sharpen as you walk deeper and deeper
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  into it. It feels so lovely and peaceful. Here up ahead,
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  you notice that the forest starts to thin as it
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  opens into a clearing. And as you approach the clearing,
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  you notice it's lighter and brighter than the forest, and
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  it has a calm and peaceful energy it standing, you
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  see a very large tree, and you are magnetically drawn
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  towards the tree. As you get closer, you just know
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  and feel that this tree is a very ancient and
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  very wise old tree. It has very large roots all
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  around it, and they're growing deeper, deep down into the earth,
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  and the trunk is wide and majestic looking. As you
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  stand there looking at this ancient and wise old tree,
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  you've become aware of a chattering sound and you wonder
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  what it is. You look up, you see something move
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  very quickly. Then you see another movement, and another one,
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  and you wonder what on earth could it be. Then
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  suddenly everything goes quiet. You keep looking now, and it's
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  then that you see a little head pop out from
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  between the leaves. It's a squirrel, a beautiful red squirrel
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  with little tofty ears. He grins at you and sets aloue.
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  He tells you his name is Joseph. Then other little
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  heads pop out too, more little red squirrels, and they're
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  all smiling at you and look at you with great, big,
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  beautiful brown eyes. You say hello to them, and you
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  ask them what they're doing here. Joseph tells you that
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  this is their home, it's where they live. They ask
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  you if you would like to join them and see
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  exactly where they live. Well, of course you would love to,
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  but you're a lot bigger than they are, and you
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  wonder if you can fit in the tree with them.
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  You don't think you can. Joseph says you can do
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  magic and asks you if you would like to be
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  a squirrel for the day, then that way you can
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  definitely fit in the tree. You think this is a
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  wonderful idea, so Joseph pulls out a little silk bag.
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  He reaches inside with his tiny paw and pulls out
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  very sparkly magic dust. It shimmers and it shines very brightly.
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  He then sows it now on top of your head,
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  well a face. Nothing seems to be happening, But then
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  you find yourself getting smaller and smaller. You find that
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  you are shrinking, and at the same time, you feel
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  like you are growing a tail, a very big fluffy tail.
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  Your hands and your feet have tained it to little paws,
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  and your whole body has fair growing on your skin.
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  You even have a little twitchy squirrel nose too, and
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  tough to ears. Just like Joseph. You think this is fantastic,
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  How exciting you have become a squirrel. Joseph says, not
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  to worry, though, you won't stay like that. It's just
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  for today. But if you want to, you're can have
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  a sleepover with them, and it can be for tomorrow too.
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  You can have your very own house in the tree,
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  and you can be a squirrel with them overnight as well,
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  and you say, oh yes please. You suddenly realize that
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  you can do exactly what the squirrels can do. So
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  you scamper the trunk of the tree and you are
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  moving very fast. Indeed, then almost immediately you're standing right
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  next to Joseph and his friends. Joseph asks you if
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  you would like to explore their home now, well, obviously,
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  you say yes. They all turn and leap forward onto
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  another branch, and it kind of looks like they are flying.
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  You're not really sure if you can do this, but
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  Joseph shouts to you, just believe you can do it,
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  and you will. So you leap forward and realize that
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  you are doing it, and it does feel like flying.
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  You all jump from branch to branch at lightning speed,
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  and it feels wonderful. You believed you could do it,
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  and you did. Joseph leads the way to his home.
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  He has a lovely little white house tucked away amongst
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  the branches and the leaves. His friend's houses are dotted
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  all over the tree, some loud, and they look really lovely.
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  Little lights are shining inside them and they look ever supposing.
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  On the outside, there are hundreds of tiny fireflies, all
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  shining the light for you. There is a rainbow of
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  color everywhere, and each tiny firefly it's a different one,
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  each having its own unique color, so many different variations
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  of colors, and you look at them in complete or
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  it looks amazing. Then Joseph leads you to another little house.
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  He tells you that this is your house. Oh wow,
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  you have your own, very very very own house. That's fantastic.
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  Joseph opens the door for you and inside the warm
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  light from the little lamps or making your house like
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  eversir cosey and friendly. Joseph tells you that you can
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  decorate your house any way you would like and they
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  will help you. So go ahead and design the inside
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  of your house. Now, make it look just how you
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  would want it to be. Anything that makes you feel
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  happy when you think about it, you can have inside
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  your house. Think about all the things that make you
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  feel good, the things that make you smile. Maybe you
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  would like your favorite toy here. Maybe you would like great, big,
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  soft and plump cushions everywhere, or a sofa and chairs,
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  or maybe we would just like it as a bedroom.
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  You decide, see it all in your mind's eye, can
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  you see it? So, just for a little while, create
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  your house with the help of Joseph and his friends.
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  Oh what a beautiful home you have created. This is
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  a place to let go of all your thoughts, all
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  of your worries. This is a place to let go
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  of anything that may make you feel sad. It's very
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  safe here and you will only ever feel happy whilst
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  you are here. You have created your very own stash
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  of nuts to nibelong. You didn't notice before, but there
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  they are by the fireplace. Oh goody. You're feeling a
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  bit sleepy now though, and would really like to go
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  to bed, so you thank Joseph and his friends for
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  helping you create the most perfect home. Joseph tells you
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  that they too are feeling sleepy, and he tells you
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  they can all play again tomorrow, so you all say
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  good night to each other. You close your front door
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  and head off to your bedroom, the one you created
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  just for you. Now that you have the most perfect bedroom,
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  you climb up on the most perfect bed and you
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  lay your head on the soft and fluffy pillows and
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  give a big sigh of happiness. You look over to
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  a large window with beautiful curtains hanging either side of it,
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  and through this window you can see the night sky
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  and the beautiful stars shining just like diamonds twinkling away.
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  You stare at them for a few minutes and think
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  how lucky you are to have met Joseph and his friends.
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  They are so kind. You really are looking forward to
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  playing with them tomorrow. But your eyes are feeling really
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  heavy now, and your body is feeling ever so tired.
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  So you take a deep breath into your nose and
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  gently blow it out from your mouth. Take another deep
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  breath and gently out from your mouth. You feel very
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  sleepy now, so tired, so it relaxed and peaceful, and
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  you feel a gentle wave of sleepiness starting at your feet.
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  And it's a warm and gentle feeling, kind of like
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  how a feather feels when you brush it against your skin.
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  So soft and gentle, but a little bit tickling, And
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  you can feel your toes going to sleep. It feels
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  all warm and tingling, ever so soft. You feel a soothing,
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  gentle wave of sleepiness coming up your calves and your shins,
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  and you feel going up your thighs. You think your
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  legs have already gone to sleep. You feel so tired,
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  so sleepy, so very happy. The beautiful wave of sleepiness
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  travels all the way up your body, down your arms,
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  and into your hands, making your body feel very very heavy,
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  very very tired, very very sleepy. And this gentle, warm
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  wave of sleepiness travels up your face and over the
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  top of your head and down the back of your neck.
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  So tired, now, so sleepy. You feel nice and warm
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  and snuggly under your soft quilt and very fluffy pillow.
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  So just have a little sleep now. Night night.
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  Speaker 2: Look look, look a look.