Sleep story
Anne of Green Gables
Anne Shirley is eleven years old, an orphan with red braids, a fiery temper, and an imagination that turns an ordinary pond into the Lake of Shining Waters. When a mix up brings her to Green Gables instead of the boy Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert were expecting, the shy old brother and his stern sister find their quiet farm on Prince Edward Island changed forever. This gentle adaptation follows Anne from her mistaken arrival through bosom friendship with Diana Barry, schoolroom rivalry with Gilbert Blythe, and the small sorrows and bright joys of growing up, to the moment she chooses home and belonging over her dearest dreams. Told in a slow, soothing rhythm with long calm passages of island quiet, this episode is made for drifting off: soft imagery, unhurried pacing, and a warm goodnight from the east gable.
"Anne of Green Gables" (1908) by L. M. Montgomery. Public domain in the USA (verified via Project Gutenberg ebook 45, "Public domain in the USA"). Adapted and summarized for sleepy narration; not read verbatim.