2024-11-07
35 分钟In Ship in a Bottle, unwind with a tale of treasured gifts, oak trees after a storm, and the charm of handmade items. Originally aired November 14, 2022, this episode invites you to relax and embrace the magic in everyday moments.
Welcome to Bedtime.
Stories for Everyone in which Nothing Much Happens.
You feel good, and then you fall asleep.
I'm Catherine Nicolai.
I write and read all the stories you hear on Nothing Much Happens.
Audio engineering is by Bob Wittersheim.
We are bringing you an encore episode tonight, meaning that this story originally aired at some point in the past.
It could have been recorded with different equipment in a different location.
And since I'm a person and not a computer, I sometimes sound just slightly different.
But the stories are always soothing and family friendly, and our wishes for you are always deep rest and sweet dreams.
Now let's get ready to sleep.
I'll read you a story.
It's a place to rest your mind, like an upturned leaf resting on the surface of a river.
Your mind will follow along with the moving current of my voice and our story, and before you know it, you'll be eased into deep sleep.
I'll read the story twice, and I'll go a little slower the second time through.
If you wake in the night, take yourself back into the story, either by listening again or thinking back through any bit you can remember.
This interrupts your brain's tendency to cycle through thought and will put you right back into sleep mode.
It is brain training, and it might take a bit of practice, so be patient if you're new to this.
Our story tonight is called Ship in a Bottle, and it's a story about a crate of bequests ready to be unwrapped.
It's also about the dark bark of oak trees after a storm, garden, benches waiting to be sat on, and the ordinary magic of handmade things.