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In tonight's premium bedtime story for kids, we're going to the bookshop where the books come to life at night. Tonight, Sam decides to begin a miniature library, where anyone can take and leave books as they wish- as long as they bring them back. The books from the miniature library go on the most amazing adventures with their borrowers, and - one warm cosy night - they come back to share their tales. Relax, get sleepy, and let’s begin!
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Speaker 1: the supercast link in the show notes. Anyway, here's a
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Speaker 1: preview of this very special episode. There is something to
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Speaker 1: love about all the little shops in the village of
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Speaker 1: Lower Starry Skies, with people always popping in and out
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Speaker 1: of where there's a will there's a way to get
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Speaker 1: the yarn for their next project, or sitting at the
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Speaker 1: colorful tables outside the Dimple Dumpling Cafe, cakes and surprises
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Speaker 1: in all shapes and sizes, their secretly hoping to hear
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Speaker 1: one of the magic stories they come if a customer
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Speaker 1: orders just the right combination of cake and drink. But
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Speaker 1: even if they aren't that lucky, they're still happy to
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Speaker 1: watch the world go by and tuck into chocolate cake
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Speaker 1: and lemon drizzle and scones covered in strawberry jam and cream.
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Speaker 1: But it's probably true to say that the very busiest
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Speaker 1: of shops is not actually in the village itself. Nope,
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Speaker 1: it's halfway up the hill from lower Starry Skies and
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Speaker 1: halfway down the hill from Upper Starry Skies. If you
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Speaker 1: walk beneath the shade of the trees that line the
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Speaker 1: lane passing the church and the school, you'll be sure
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Speaker 1: to find the smart red door and smart red front
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Speaker 1: of neither up nor down, a magical place that's packed
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Speaker 1: from floor to ceiling with books. Sam helps in the
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Speaker 1: bookshop at weekends when he isn't at school, and he
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Speaker 1: loves time unpacking the new books and finding them homes
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Speaker 1: on the shelves. The books with knights and castles and
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Speaker 1: princesses being rescued by dragons, of course, go in the
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Speaker 1: history section, next to the books about dinosaurs and pirates.
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Speaker 1: The books about fairies and mermaids and leprecorns have their
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Speaker 1: own special place in an area dedicated to mystical creatures.
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Speaker 1: The ones that have neat rows of cupcakes with fancy,
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Speaker 1: frothy decorations on top, or cakes in layer after layer,
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Speaker 1: or cookies looking so good you can almost smell them,
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Speaker 1: or find themselves in the baking section. Sometimes the books
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Speaker 1: arrive a little damaged, and Sam is told to put
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Speaker 1: these into a box right at the back of the
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Speaker 1: shop where nobody goes. This has been going on for months,
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Speaker 1: and now there are four boxes filled to overflowing books
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Speaker 1: that are bent covers or damaged spines or torn pages.
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Speaker 1: They're all still books, crammed with wonderful stories and lovely ideas,
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Speaker 1: but the bookshop owner can't sell them because for some reason,
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Speaker 1: people want to buy things that look completely perfect. He's
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Speaker 1: always thought this a little bit odd. The shelf behind
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Speaker 1: the counter is covered in broken ornaments, things like a
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Speaker 1: three legged dog, a cottage where the door has fallen off,
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Speaker 1: and a tree where all the branches on the left
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Speaker 1: stand tall and firm, and all those on the right
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Speaker 1: droop to the ground. The bookshop owner sees a lot
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Speaker 1: of beauty in these broken things, and he knows the
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Speaker 1: books are just as wonderful as the others, even though
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Speaker 1: they're a little bit bent or torn. So he's absolutely
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Speaker 1: delighted when Sam comes up an idea for the books.
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Speaker 1: The nearest library to Lower Starry Skies is a terribly
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Speaker 1: long way way. It requires changing buses in a village
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Speaker 1: called Sapphire Sands and then continuing all the way to
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Speaker 1: bluebell Woods, and even then the library is only open
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Speaker 1: a few days a week. This is no good to
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Speaker 1: people who need a book in an emergency. You know
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Speaker 1: those moments when it's a perfect day for curling up
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Speaker 1: with a story and you suddenly realize you're out of books,
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Speaker 1: but you have no money left to buy a new one.
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