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For kids and adults alike, this week's story is about why opossums are white.

A Japanese fairy tale by Yei Theodora Osaki.

Here's the prologue to this classic novel about the origins of the story. It's a little weird, and a lot sleepy.

Here is part two of this great Irish fairy tale.

An Irish fairy tale in two parts.

Another Polish folk tale for a listener in Poland this week.

A request for a Polish folk tale from a listener in Poland this week.

The Golden Goose is another weird one with a moral about being kind to strangers.

A request for a story from the Brothers Grimm this week. King Grisly-Beard is about a princess who learns an important life lesson.

In celebration of six months of Listen To Sleep, here's an extended edition of the first episode. It's a viking myth with the sound of crickets I recorded at my cabin last summer.

A Japanese fairy tale about the deceit and redemption by Yei Theodora Osaki.

A fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen with a poignant story about a little girl on a New Years Eve past.

A fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen for the end of one year and beginning of another.

A reprisal of 2019's most downloaded episodes, combined into an hour-long episode with nature sounds in the background.

A Celtic fairy tale about the foolishness of praying for things you don't need. With more fairies. In Scotland!

A strange and wonderful fairy tale about the origins of the Christmas Tree and the importance of not lashing out at our loved ones in anger.

A bittersweet story about remembering to be grateful for the life we have, this fairy tale is classic Hans Christian Andersen.

Oscar Wilde's The Nightingale and The Rose; a story about love and loss with a weird twist. This extended version has crickets in the background that go on after the story is over.

Nod off to sleep with part two of this great story by Yei Theodora Osaki.

Back to the land of fairy tales this week with another great story by Yei Theodora Osaki.

Written in the style of Finnish Realism, this 19th century tale of a household transformed by modern technology is a sweet tale of simpler times.

It's the finale of "Creepy but Sleepy" October with The Red Room by HG Wells.

"Creepy but Sleepy" October continues with The Hollow of the Three Hills by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

A little creepy, but actually very sleepy. It's part two of the classic Danish tale, The Amputated Arms by Jorgen Wilhelm Bergsoe.