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Sleep Story 205 – Birds and their Nests

Bore You To Sleep - Sleep Stories for Adults

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The Nest in the Primrose Bank

A pair of wrens built their home in the branches of a spanish juniper. The female, at about seven o'clock in the morning, laid the foundation with the decayed leaf of a lime tree. Some men were at work cutting a drain not far off, but she took no notice of them and worked away industriously. Her mate was seated not far off in a portugal laurel where he watched her, singing to her - making her labour light and pleasant. From eight o'clock to nine, she worked like a little slave,. carrying in leaves and then selecting from them such as suited her purpose and putting aside the rest.

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