About this episode Join Pip, a curious little squirrel, on a magical journey with the Night Wind. This soothing bedtime story, narrated in a warm and gentle voice, invites young listeners to discover the quiet wonders of the forest as Pip learns about friendship and courage under the twinkling stars. It's a perfect tale to lull your child into sweet dreams, filled with gentle adventure and comforting wisdom.
0:00 The dandelion clock finally let go.0:03 Pip was the very last seed on the stem, you know.0:08 Just yesterday, Glimmer the dew drop rolled past that same quiet stem at dawn, sparkling like a little glass bead.0:20 But tonight, the breeze had a secret errand.0:25 The breeze came softly, sweeping underneath Pip's feathery silver parachute.0:33 Up he went.0:34 Whoa.0:34 Higher than the clover tops.0:37 Higher than the garden wall.0:40 Pip wanted to see where the night lived.0:44 But, well, a seed doesn't have wings, exactly.0:49 He had to trust the great, wide breath of the evening.0:55 He floated over the sleeping vegetable patch.0:59 Beneath him, the giant green cabbages looked like tumbled velvet cushions.1:07 A cricket chimed from behind a stone.1:11 "Hold on tight, little one," whispered the cricket.1:16 Pip rocked in the sky.1:18 Um, he wobbled once when an owl swept past, but the air was gentle, like warm flannel.1:27 Soooo soft.1:28 The wind dipped down over the silver stream, where the water murmured over flat pebbles.1:38 Hush now, hush now, went the brook.1:41 Pip saw the whole world laid out below, like a quilt made of moss and shadow.1:49 He wondered, uh, if he would drift forever.1:54 Every seedling hopes for a home, you see.1:58 A place to rest its tired shell.2:01 But the wind kept carrying him, sailing over the tall wheat fields that bent like ripples of gold.2:11 Then, right over the edge of the sleepy meadow, the wind began to yawn.2:19 It slowed.2:20 It dipped.2:21 Pip tilted sideways, just a tiny bit, slipping down through the quiet air.2:29 "Not yet," Pip thought.2:31 He wasn't quite ready for the dark earth.2:35 But the wind wasn't dropping him into the rough brambles or the cold stones.2:43 No, the breeze was tucking him down with absolute care.2:49 Down, down through the broad, sheltering leaves of an old oak.2:55 Pip touched down.2:57 He landed on a deep patch of velvet moss, right beside an acorn cup.3:04 Oh, it was softer than any feather bed.3:08 A little blanket of fallen maple leaves drifted over his shoulders, just like a quilt pulled up to your chin.3:20 "Here," sighed the dark soil.3:23 The earth wasn't cold at all.3:26 It was WARM.3:27 It smelled like rain and sweet pine.3:31 Pip nestled his tiny pointed tip down into the crumbly loam, folding his silver parachute close like a nightcap.3:42 Look, he had spent the whole evening flying across the stars, thinking he was small and lost.3:52 But up in the sky, he was only a traveler passing through.3:58 Down here in the quiet dark, he was right where the magic BEGINS.4:05 He wasn't just a seed anymore.4:08 He was tomorrow's sunflower, waiting to greet the light.4:14 Hmm.4:14 Sleep now, little seedling.4:17 Close your eyes.4:18 Goodnight.
