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 Peter Pan, as J. M. Barrie wrote him in 1911. A nursery at number fourteen, a large gentle dog for a nurse, a boy who comes back for his lost shadow, and directions no map has ever improved: second star to the right, and straight on till morning. There are mermaids in a lagoon, a patient Never bird on her floating nest, a little house built around a sleeping girl, and a window kept open at the end, because some windows always are.
Settle in, close your eyes, and let it drift over you. The pacing is slow, the voice is soft, and the music never spikes. There is a pirate in it, but tonight he is more pocket watch than menace, and the nursery window stays open the whole time. 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 5 of 12 路 The Storybook Season
Where this sits: Part 5 of 12 in The Storybook Season, one storyteller, one lantern, and one complete famous tale each night, each told from its original source. Tonight, the boy who would not grow up. Every episode stands on its own, and any night is a fine night to begin.
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome
2:40 The Nursery at Number Fourteen
16:38 The Boy Who Came for His Shadow
37:09 Second Star to the Right
46:55 The Island That Woke
59:47 The Little House
1:09:52 The Home Under the Ground
1:20:30 The Mermaids' Lagoon
1:33:10 The Never Bird
1:40:12 Wendy's Story
1:47:56 The Gentleman and the Clock
1:57:28 The Window Left Open
2:04:58 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.
