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Sleep Story for Children _ THE MUSHROOM FAMILY _ Sleep Meditation for Kids · New Horizon - Meditation & Sleep Stories

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  Speaker 1: Hm, close your eyes and snuggle down. Take a deep
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  breath in, slowly pushing your tummy out, and hold for
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  just a moment, and now slowly breathe out, allowing all
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  the air out of your lungs. Deep breath in, slowly
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  pushing your tummy out and holding for a moment, and
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  now slowly breathe out, allowing all the air out of
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  your lungs. One more time. Deep breath in and breathe out,
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  letting go of any tension and everything you don't need anymore,
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  and just relax. Now, imagine yourself surrounded by a beautiful
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  white light, a light so bright and so pure, the
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  light of protection and peace.
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  Speaker 2: Just for you.
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  Speaker 1: Breathe in this white light and feel it as it
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  enters your body completely, making you feel all warm and safe. Now,
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  imagine you're walking on a quiet forest path and the
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  most beautiful forest you have ever seen. And as you're walking,
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  you know that this is an ancient forest, and this
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  forest is very special, and you are very safe, very loved,
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  and very protected. You take a big, deep breath in,
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  and as you do, you can smell the fresh scent
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  of pine in the earth, and as you breathe out,
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  you feel yourself relaxing more and more with each step
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  that you take. And the trees are all around you,
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  and you can feel their wise energy surrounding you as
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  you step deeper and deeper beneath the wonder fun canopy
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  of leaves. Sun is shining and there is a gentle
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  breeze on your face, and it ruffles your hair just
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  a little bit, and the water of the sun makes
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  you feel all tingling inside, and you feel very happy here.
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  You notice that your attention is captured with watching the
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  squirrels and the rabbits darting about. Squirrels are racing up
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  and down the trees, the rabbits playing and running about,
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  chasing each other, and they really are having fun. And
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  you notice the birds flying and hopping from place to place,
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  singing their songs, and all the other wildlife at work
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  and at play. It's a very busy place, this forest
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  of yours. Now, imagine what it would be like to
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  enjoy yourself and have fun just like these little creatures, exploring, discovering,
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  and playing. Maybe you'd like to fly like a bird,
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  or climb a tree like a squirrel and be carefree,
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  Or maybe you would just like to run like the rabbits.
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  What fun that would be. What You don't do any
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  of that today, because today you are just walking around
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  the forest, breathing in fresh, clean air in the warm sunshine.
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  So you continue on your path, smiling, thinking about the
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  beautiful little creatures who are having so much fun together.
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  When you see up ahead of you there's a little clearing,
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  and as you enter the clearing, it's very quiet and
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  it feels magical and enchanted. You look around and you
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  know that there is a small house at the end
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  of the clearing. Well, it's not a small really, it's
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  about the size of a small cabin, and it's also
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  in the shape of a very large mushroom. It has
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  a little porch running all around it, and you can
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  see that on the porch of this mushroom shaped cabin
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  that there is a lovely old hammock slowly swinging in
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  the gentle breeze. Now, it's a white house, and it
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  has a round red roof with white spots on it,
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  and a little red door. It has big pots on
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  the porch too, with lots of colorful flowers in them,
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  and there are daffodils growing all over the place, and
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  it looks delightful, and you wonder who lives there. So
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  you walk towards it, and as you do, you see
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  glints of sparkling lights darting in and out behind the tree.
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  They are at the back of the little house, but
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  you're not afraid, and you wonder what it could be.
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  It kind of looks like little fairies darting in and
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  out of the trees. How wonderful would that be if
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  you could actually see one. But you continue towards the
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  house and you decide to knock on the little red
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  door to see if anyone is at home. What before
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  you can, the door opens and out walks two little
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  girls and a little boy, and they're all carrying little baskets.
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  They stop when they see you, and you smile at them,
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  and they come towards you. They all have the most amazing,
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  big kind eyes and the most beautiful smiles, and they
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  say hello to you, and they tell you that their
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  names are Delilah Madeline and hold them so you tell
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  them your name. Delilah tells that they are going foraging
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  from mushrooms for their dinner, and they ask you if
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  you would like to go with them. Well, of course,
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  you say yes, You say yes, please, thank you very much,
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  so she hands you a little basket. The four of
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  you set off into the trees at the back of
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  the little Mushroom House, and as you walk, Madeline tells
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  you that there are only certain mushrooms that you can
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  forage for because some of them are not very good
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  to eat. Some of them can make quite sick, but
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  she says not to worry, as she will show you
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  which ones are safe to pick. Well, that's okay. Then
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  Holden rushes off her head and says, follow me, I
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  know where they grow. He gives a little laugh and
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  then skips off, with the three of you catching up
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  behind him. Suddenly, Holden stops and with a big grin,
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  points to the mushrooms he's found. Delilah stops and looks
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  at the mushrooms gives an excited laugh. She tells you
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  that there are many varieties of mushrooms growing here, but
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  she says is very unusual because some of these mushrooms
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  don't grow in this country at all, but because they
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  live in this very special, magical place, they find them
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  all the time, and she names some of the mushrooms
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  she sees. There are button mushrooms, which are the white
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  ones and the ones that most people like to eat.
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  And there are Crimini mushrooms they usually grow in Italy.
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  There are Portabello mushrooms, Chataki mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, Puccini mushrooms,
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  and many many more. Wow, that's a lot of mushrooms,
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  you think to yourself. Madeline tells you when you're foraging
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  for mushrooms, you must only select mushrooms that are fame,
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  that have a smooth appearance. She says not to pick
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  any to have any spots or marks on them, and
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  she says never pick any moist or slimy ones. They
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  are really yucky. So for a little while, go and
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  forage for mushrooms with Delilah Madeline and hold them. See
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  how many you can pick. And don't forget you're picking
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  them for their dinner, so you'll need lots and lots.
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  Speaker 2: Of them to go and have some fun.
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  Speaker 1: Well that was fun, wasn't it. So the three of
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  you go back to the little mushroom house with the
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  red door, with your baskets filled up to the very
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  brim with mushrooms. You have button mushrooms, put Cheeni mushrooms
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  and Portabella mushrooms and they look very tasty. Indeed, as
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  she reached the little mushroom house, the door opens and
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  a lady puts out, and she is the children's mamma.
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  She tells you that her name is Jill Holden. Tells
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  her your name, and she is very pleased that the
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  children have made a new friend. And she asks you
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  if you would like to stay for dinner, especially as
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  you helped to pick all the tasty mushrooms. Oh yes,
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  I would loved you. Thank you very much. So you
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  step inside the house, which is very lovely. There are
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  big setties with big squishy cushions on them. There's a
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  big wooden table for you all to sit at when
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  you have your dinner. But you will trudge into the
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  kitchen carrying your baskets, and you meet two more people.
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  What is a man called Zach who tells you that
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  he is the children's paper. And there is another lovely
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  lady called Lindsey and she is the children's bonus mum.
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  How cool is that these children have two mums. Two
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  mums means lots of hugs and kisses, and dads give
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  hugs and kisses too. Now, because the four of you
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  have done all the foraging, Jill and Lindsey prepared the
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  food for you all while Sac sets the table and
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  cut some butters lovely fresh crusty bread. So you will
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  take your seat at the table, and after a short while,
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  all the food is ready and gets placed on the table.
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  Delight that tells you that they are having a mushroom
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  soup for dinner, followed by a great big mushroom tart
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  made with cream, cheese and nutty pastry, with lots of
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  salad and fresh fruit, and this ice cream for pudding. Well,
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  I must sign that sounds rather delicious to me. Linda
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  tells you to tuck in and help yourself to all
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  the lovely smelling food, So.
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  Speaker 2: Just to be.
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  Speaker 1: Polite, of course, you do. After you've eaten your wonderful
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  dinner and you're feeling very full of indeed, you tell
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  your new friends that it's time for you to go
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  home now. So you stand up and you thank them
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  all very much for letting you come into their home
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  and be with them. You thank de Lilah, You thank
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  Madelon and Holding for taking you to pick the very
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  tasty mushrooms and have lots and lots of fun with them.
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  The children walk with you to their little front door
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  and wave you off, and they tell you that you
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  can come again to forest for mushrooms with them any
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  time you want. And you smile and you turn, you
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  wave goodbye, and you begin to walk home. But you
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  feel so happy right now. You are so grateful to
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  have met these wonderful children, Delilah, Madelon and hold them
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  and their lovely Mamma and Papa, Jill and Zach and
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  of course not forgetting lindsay their bonus man. Oh, but
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  you can't wait to come back. Maybe next time you
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  can bring a mushroom recipe with you too, Maybe you
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  can try that one out. But for now, just breathe
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  in gently and breathe out slowly. Again, breathe in gently
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  and breathe out slowly, and you can feel your eyes
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  beginning to close now, and you just breathe in gently,
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  breathe out slowly, and you feel so peaceful, so happy,
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  and you feel so calm to start to fall into
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  a beautiful sleep. And you drift into sleep thinking about
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  your new very kind and very lovely friends, Delilah, Madeline
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  and holden night night, Sweet treats Usu