Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories - A Train Town Holiday (Premium)

Episode Date: December 26, 2019

This is a preview episode. Get the full episode, and many more, ad free, on our supporter's feed: https://getsleepy.com/support. A Train Town Holiday  Narrated by Nadine Brown. A holiday tale that's sure to leave you cheerful and dreaming.     About Get Sleepy Premium: Help support the podcast, and get: Monday and Wednesday night episodes (with zero ads) The exclusive Thursday night bonus episode Access to the entire back catalog (also ad-free) Premium sleep meditations, extra-long episodes and more! We'll love you forever. ❤️ Get a 7 day free trial, and join the Get Sleepy community here https://getsleepy.com/support. And thank you so, so much.  Tom, and the team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi, Thomas here. You're listening to a preview episode. You can enjoy the entire story tonight by subscribing to our supporters' feed. There you'll get access to the entire back catalogue, bonus episodes, and more, and it's all completely ad-free. Click the link below to learn more and thank you so so much. Me and the team really appreciate your support. Imagine a single delicate snowflake floating through the air. Let your mind rest on the image of this snowflake. The snowflake is shaped like a tiny star with six points and smooth edges. It glistens white as it flutters through the air. But as it turns, hints of pink, blue, and golden yellow appear as the light catches it. catches it. The snowflake floats on the breeze, whisked further ahead with every gentle gust.

Follow it. Watch as it tumbles through the air, between evergreen trees dusted with snow. It whips over hills and valleys, heading to the edge of the earth. Beyond the farthest hill, it's joined by a flurry of other snowflakes. Thousands of tiny white stars creating a blustering haze. It's hard to see past them all dancing through the air. Then the wind calms. The flurry settles to the ground revealing a vast dark sky. The moon shines brilliantly above. A layer of soft snow covers everything inside. A head, there's a small village, a little cluster of homes and workshops made of wood painted red and green. Each glows with a warm yellow light within. A small trail leads into the village, into the village, mocking the entrance there's a little white sign. In curving handwritten letters it reads, welcome to Train Town.

Standing next to the sign with a red canvas sack slung over his shoulder is Winky. And this is her very first day in train town. Winky takes a deep breath, feeling the cold air warm in her lungs. A puff of air billows from her mouth, warming the tip of her nose as she looks down at the village. A gentle shiver travels up her spine. She's excited but also a little nervous.

Her whole life she's dreamed of making toy trains. For years, she went to school and apprenticed with the very best elves in the train building business. She studied hard and spent long nights pouring over every book on trains she could find. She read books about painting trains and books on train mechanics. There were ones about the best materials to use, about how to fasten the perfect break wheels, and how to decorate the interior in various styles. One of her favourites was called Everything about toy trains that doesn't have to do

with the train. It talked about where to place a jolly sprig of holly. How to tie a cinnamon stick through a bow and place it firmly on the front of the engine. And the best way to a fix a shiny silver bell so it will ring bright and clear as the train travels along the track. She worked hard to get to this point, and now she's made it, standing with her rock sack, Train universe. Train town.