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The Sleeping Almanac
The Wizard of Oz · The Original Story
The voice you hear is the creator's own. He cloned it from recordings of his own voice, so every story is told in his voice. If you enjoy falling asleep to it, follow the show so each new story arrives on its own, and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts so other people can find it.
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 The Wizard of Oz, as L. Frank Baum wrote it in 1900. The shoes are silver in the original, the Good Witch of the North leaves a kiss on Dorothy's forehead that keeps her safe on the whole road, the Emerald City hands out green spectacles at its gates, a field of poppies lies deep with sleep, and there is a small quiet country made entirely of china. The road is yellow brick and the pace is a walking pace, all the way there and all the way home.
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 are witches in it, but the ones we walk beside are kind, and the road stays even underfoot the whole way. 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 10 of 12 · The Storybook Season
Where this sits: Part 10 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 yellow brick road at a bedtime pace. Every episode stands on its own, and any night is a fine night to begin.
Chapters
- 0:00Welcome
- 2:41The House on the Gray Prairie
- 12:05The Silver Shoes and the Kiss
- 25:01The Road of Yellow Brick
- 38:40The Man of Tin
- 49:10The Cowardly Lion
- 1:01:40The Field of Scarlet Poppies
- 1:12:41The Emerald City and the Green Spectacles
- 1:26:03The Four Faces of Oz
- 1:38:06The Golden Cap
- 1:54:43The Man Behind the Screen
- 2:15:07The China Country and Glinda the Good
- 2:32:07Goodnight. And the Lamp at the Edge of Morning
This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.