Unlock the mysteries of the night with Petra's Dark & Dreamy. Drift into tranquility with our immersive sleep stories, where every episode weaves a spellbinding narrative designed to lull you into a restful slumber. Embrace the enchanting blend of soothing voices and captivating tales, and let your dreams take flight with Petra's Dark and Dreamy. Sweet dreams await!

Jorinda and Jorindel is a haunting fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and first published in 1812 in their original Children’s and Household Tales. The tale blends love, loss, and dark magic, typical of early Grimm stories. Its moral centers on the strength of love, the importance of patience and bravery, and the idea that even the most hopeless situations can be undone through persistence and sacrifice. It's a quiet but powerful story about devotion triumphing over cruelty.

Rapunzel is one of the most iconic fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, first published in 1812. It tells the story of a young girl taken from her parents and raised by a powerful sorceress, who locks her in a tower with no doors or stairs—only a single window. The girl, known for her impossibly long golden hair, lives in isolation until a prince hears her singing and climbs up her hair to reach her. Their secret meetings are discovered, leading to tragedy, separation, and hardship—but in the end, love and perseverance win.

The moral of Rapunzel is about enduring hope, the power of love, and the strength to reclaim freedom, even in the face of control and fear.

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Unlock the mysteries of the night with Petra's Dark & Dreamy. Drift into tranquility with our immersive sleep stories, where every episode weaves a spellbinding narrative designed to lull you into a restful slumber. Embrace the enchanting blend of soothing voices and captivating tales, and let your dreams take flight with Petra's Dark and Dreamy. Sweet dreams await!

Celebrate our current and fallen heroes with Petra's reading of Memorial Day poems, dedicated to Harvey Gene Hurst. Thank you to our servicemen, women and their families.

In Flanders Fields, John McCrae ~ The Watchers, John Greenleaf Whittier ~ Not to Keep, Robert Frost ~ Before Marching, and After, Thomas Hardy ~ The Charge of the Light Brigade, Alfred, Lord Tennyson ~ For the Fallen, Laurence Binyon ~ O Captain! My Captain!, & Vigil Strange I kept on the Field One Night, Walt Whitman

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Unlock the mysteries of the night with Petra's Dark & Dreamy. Drift into tranquility with our immersive sleep stories, where every episode weaves a spellbinding narrative designed to lull you into a restful slumber. Embrace the enchanting blend of soothing voices and captivating tales, and let your dreams take flight with Petra's Dark and Dreamy. Sweet dreams await!

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