A slow, calm 3 hour fairy tale sleep story to help you fall asleep and stay asleep. Tonight the storyteller opens the old book to Alice in Wonderland, as Lewis Carroll first told it in 1865. A golden afternoon on a riverbank, a white rabbit with a waistcoat pocket and a watch inside it, a fall so long and slow it feels like floating, and a tea table where the dormouse sleeps peacefully through everything. The whole adventure is a dream from its first page to its last, which makes it the safest adventure there is, and at the end the dreamer simply wakes on the same warm bank, with her head in her sister's lap.
Settle in, close your eyes, and let it drift over you. The pacing is slow, the voice is soft, and the music never spikes. It is all a dream on a riverbank, and the story knows it, so nothing in it can follow you anywhere except into sleep. There is nothing here to fear. You do not have to watch. You do not have to remember any of it in the morning.
Episode 6 of 12 路 The Storybook Season
Where this sits: Part 6 of 12 in The Storybook Season, one storyteller, one lantern, and one complete famous tale each night, each told from its original source. Tonight, a dream on a riverbank. Every episode stands on its own, and any night is a fine night to begin.
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome
2:50 A Golden Afternoon, and a White Rabbit with a Watch
9:53 The Little Golden Key
19:06 The Pool of Tears and the Caucus Race
35:22 The Rabbit Sends in Little Bill
48:36 Advice from a Caterpillar
1:01:08 Pepper, a Pig, and a Grin Without a Cat
1:17:04 The Maddest Tea Party in All the World
1:33:35 Painting the Roses Red
1:50:06 The Mock Turtle's Story
2:06:27 The Lobster Quadrille, and Who Stole the Tarts
2:25:46 Alice's Evidence, and a Pack of Cards
2:38:04 Goodnight. And the Lamp at the Edge of Morning
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New episodes every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
馃暞 Sleep stories from history, Kingdoms at Dusk: https://kingdomsatdusk.com
馃摐 All our worlds: https://gildenmyth.com
馃晩 Goddess sleep meditations, The Tender Hour: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTenderHourChannel
馃帣 David's interview podcast, Conversations That Count: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsThatCount-CTC
馃帶 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3J6lZ10GvK07qCv3aQxnkR and Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/conversations-that-count-a31f16a6-3131-4c8f-982f-19d52407e8eb/id1890348796
This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.
