1 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: Hello friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. A short 2 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: message for grown ups. Looking for more bedtime stories per week, 3 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: subscribe to sleep Tight Premium. With sleep Type Premium, you 4 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: can listen to four ad free stories per week, a 5 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: growing library, and an extensive selection of sleep sounds, guided 6 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: meditations and music for sleep. Visit sleep Tightpremium dot com 7 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: and start your free trial. A link can also be 8 00:00:48,920 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: found in our show notes. I'd like to begin by 9 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 1: saying hello to some friends. Hello to Claire Daniels, Hello 10 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:19,320 Speaker 1: to David and Daniel Fox Loop, Hello to Carter in Phoenix, Arizona. 11 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: Hello to Tatum and Graysome Conway from Pelham, New York. 12 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: And hello to Sean and Aria. Thank you so much 13 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: for supporting us. Remember last episode, some men came and 14 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: took Tinkle from his home. Tinkle is okay, but a 15 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: little confused about what is going on. He is about 16 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: to find out that not all the horses he is 17 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: going to meet are as lucky as he is. Let's 18 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 1: listen and see what is going to happen in this episode, 19 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: Tinkle Part eight. What does all this mean? Thought Tinkle 20 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 1: to himself as he got up off the pile of 21 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: bags in the moving van and tried to stand, But 22 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: he found that the motion of the big wagon as 23 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: it was rapidly driven away, toppled him about, so that 24 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 1: it was easier to lie down than to stay on 25 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: his feet. So Tinkle stretched out on the bags and 26 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: tried to think what it all meant. His eyes were 27 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: getting used to the dark now, and he could see 28 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: dimly that he was in some place like his box stall, 29 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: only it was not as nice, and Tinkle could not 30 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: smell any sweet hay or oats. I wonder if they 31 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: can be taking me where George is, thought Tinkle, for 32 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: he had greatly missed the little boy and his sister, 33 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:28,959 Speaker 1: who were accustomed to ride him or drive him about. 34 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: On and on went the moving van, with Tinkle locked inside. 35 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: The horses pulling the big wagon, of course, did not 36 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: know they were taking a little pony away from his home. 37 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: Even if they had known, there was nothing they could 38 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: have done. Poor Tinkle felt very sad and lonely. It 39 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: was the first time anything like this had ever happened 40 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: to him. Up on the seat, the two men were talking, Well, 41 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: we got that trick pony, all right, said the red 42 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: haired one. Yes, But if folks who own and find 43 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: out we have him. They'll get us arrested, said the 44 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: short man. Oh, they'll never find out. No one saw 45 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 1: us take him. Nobody but us knows he's in this van, 46 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: and we'll soon be far enough away we can make 47 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: money on this pony. On and on, the moving van 48 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: rumbled farther and farther away, and pretty soon Tinkle, locked inside, 49 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: began to feel hungry. He got up, intending to go 50 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 1: about looking for something to eat, but the van tossed 51 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 1: and tilted about so on the rough road that Tinkle 52 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: was thrown against the side and bruised. I guess I 53 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: had better stay lying down, he said, But I am 54 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: very thirsty. It was hot shut up inside the big wagon, 55 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 1: and Tinkle thought longingly of the trough of cold drinking 56 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: water in the stable yard, and wished he were back there. 57 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: The men who had taken Tinkle away made the horses 58 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 1: drawing the van hurry along, so they were soon out 59 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 1: of the city where the Farleys lived. They drove along 60 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: a country road, and just as night was coming on 61 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 1: they came to another city, where they had their stable 62 00:05:55,680 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: and where they kept the van. Well, let's see how 63 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: the pony stood the trip, said the red haired man 64 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:08,359 Speaker 1: as he opened the big end doors. Seems to be 65 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: all right, replied the other. He held up a lantern 66 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: and looked inside. Tinkle got up from his bed on 67 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: the old bags. He saw the open doors, and he 68 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: smelled hay and oats, though the smell was not as 69 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: good as that which came from his stable at home. 70 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: Lift him out, and we'll put him in one of 71 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 1: the stalls, said the red haired man. But Tinkle did 72 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: not wait to be lifted out. He knew how to jump, 73 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 1: and giving a leap, he was quickly on the ground. Then, 74 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: as he did not like the place where he was, 75 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,559 Speaker 1: nor the men who had taken him from his nice home, 76 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: Tinkle tried to run away, but the men were too 77 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: quick for him. One of them caught him by the 78 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 1: man and the other by the nose. Look Out, he's 79 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: a lively chap, cried the short man. He wants to 80 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: get away. Yeah, we must put a halter on him 81 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: and tie him in the stall, said the other. Tinkle 82 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: again tried hard to get away, but could not. If 83 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: he had been a big, strong horse, he might have 84 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: broken loose from the men, But as I have said, 85 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 1: he was not much bigger than a large Newfoundland dog. 86 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: The men easily held him and led him into the barn. 87 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: This stable was not at all like the nice place 88 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: which Tinkle had lived when he was the pet of George. 89 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: The straw on the floor was not clean, and when 90 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: Tinkle was given a pail of water after he had 91 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 1: been tied in the stall, the water was not clean either. Still, 92 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: Tinkle was so thirsty that he drank it. Then he 93 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: felt a little better. But oh how he did want 94 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:37,079 Speaker 1: his own, nice, clean box stall. For now he found 95 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 1: himself in an ordinary stall, such as the other horses had. 96 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: The manger was too high for him to eat from, 97 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: But one of the men brought a low box and 98 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: put some hay in it. There he can eat out 99 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: of that, I guess, said the man. We'll likely sell 100 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 1: him in a couple of days, if we can find 101 00:08:57,679 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: someone to buy him. He ought to bring in some 102 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: money if he can do tricks. Poor Tinkle did not 103 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: understand or pay much attention to this talk. He was 104 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: too hungry, and though the hay was not as sweet 105 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: as that he got at home, still he munched it. 106 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: Suddenly he heard a voice speaking in a language he understood. 107 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 1: Hello in there was called to him. Are you a 108 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: new horse? I'm a pony, was the answer Tinkle, maid, 109 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:39,599 Speaker 1: who are you? If you please? Ah, you're polite anyhow, 110 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 1: which is more than I can say of some of 111 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: the horses in this stable, went on the voice. Where 112 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: did you come from? Anyhow? I belonged to a boy 113 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: named George, answered Tinkle to George and his sister Mabel, 114 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: I don't know where I am nor why I was brought. 115 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 1: I didn't want to come. I'd rather be home in 116 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 1: my own home, Oh, exclaimed the voice, and by the 117 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: light of a lantern hanging in the stable, Tinkle could 118 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,559 Speaker 1: see that it was a horse in the next doll 119 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: that was speaking to him. Oh, if you stay here long, 120 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 1: you'll find out there are lots of things you don't 121 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: want to do. I don't want to pull a heavy 122 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 1: moving van about the streets all day, but I have to, 123 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: said the horse, and he gave something like a groan. 124 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: Oh do all the horses here do that? Asked Tinkle, 125 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: who felt very sad. Most of us, answered his new friend. 126 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: Some horses hall big wagons loaded with hay and feet, 127 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 1: and the men don't give us too much to eat either. 128 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 1: Sometimes when I'm drawing a load of hay. I'm so 129 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 1: hungry I could just eat nearly all that is piled 130 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:15,839 Speaker 1: on the wagon. You won't like it here one bit. Oh, 131 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 1: what's the use of making trouble, asked a horse in 132 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: the stall on the other side of Tinkle. He's here 133 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: and he'll have to stay. Yes, I guess he will, 134 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 1: agreed the first horse. But I don't see what kind 135 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: of work he can do. He isn't big enough to 136 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 1: be hitched up with any of us, and if he was, 137 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 1: he couldn't pull the smallest moving van the men have. 138 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 1: I can pull a pony cart, said Tinkle, who did 139 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: not like the other horses to think he was of 140 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: no use. Huh, pony cart, exclaimed one horse, whose hide 141 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 1: was covered in mud. You'll find no pony carts around here. 142 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: Dump carts more likely. I've been hauling dirt in dump 143 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: carts all day long until I am so tired I 144 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 1: can hardly stand. And there's a big sore spot on 145 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 1: my back too. Oh I'm so sorry about that, said 146 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: Tinkle kindly. If Patrick were here, he would put something 147 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: on it to make it all better. Who's Patrick, asked 148 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 1: the dirt cart horse. Is he one of us. Patrick 149 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 1: is the coachman who taught me to do tricks for George. 150 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 1: The little boy, answered Tinkle, and he felt rather proud 151 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: as he said this tricks is it? Ha ha ha, 152 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: laughed the horse who had first spoken, You will have 153 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: no time for tricks here. You must belong in a 154 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: circus tricks. Indeed, I wish I could go to a circus, 155 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: said Tinkle eagerly. I've heard about Tom Tom, the jolly elephant. 156 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: He is in the circus. Well, eat your supper and 157 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: be thankful for what you have said the dump cart horse. 158 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 1: I hope they don't work me so hard tomorrow. If 159 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: they do, I'll try to run away, though that isn't 160 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: much use, and the horse kept on with his supper 161 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 1: of hay. Tinkle was very sad and lonely. It was 162 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: not at all nice in the stable where he was tied. 163 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 1: It was dirty, and it did not smell good. The 164 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:02,959 Speaker 1: horses around him, though kindly, were poor, hard working animals, 165 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: and were not like the sleek prints and other horses 166 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 1: in mister Farley's stable. The men who owned the work 167 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 1: horses seldom took the time to use the curry comb 168 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: or brush on them. If a horse fell down in 169 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: the dirt, as they often did from pulling two heavy loads, 170 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 1: the dirt stayed on until it dried and blew off. 171 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 1: For several days, Tinkle was kept tied in the stable. 172 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: The men could not use him on any of their 173 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: heavy wagons, and there was no time for him to 174 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: do his tricks, and no pony cart for him to ride. 175 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 1: Children about him. Poor Tinkle felt very bad, and many 176 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: many times he wished himself back in his old home. 177 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: As best he could. In his stall, Tinkle practiced the 178 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: tricks he had learned from George and Patrick. He bowed, 179 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: and he did a little jumping, but not much as 180 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: his stall was too small. And one day, when Tinkle 181 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: was practicing his bowing trick, the red haired man suddenly 182 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: happened to come into the stable. Oh ho ho, he cried, 183 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: I forgot about that pony doing tricks. We must try 184 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: to sell him and get the money. Well, I wonder 185 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 1: who would buy him, I know, said the other man, 186 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: coming into the stable. Just then, who would asked the 187 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 1: red haired man? The circus people was the answer. The 188 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: big circus which came to the city today. I have 189 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: been down on the circus lot just now with a 190 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: load of hay for the elephants. I saw some little 191 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: ponies there, and I asked one of the circus men 192 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: if they ever bought extra ones. He said they did sometimes, 193 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: And he said they needed a new trick pony just now, 194 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 1: as one of theirs is sick. That may be just 195 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: the chance we're looking for, cried the red haired man. Good, 196 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: said the other. We'll take this pony to the circus 197 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: and sell him through the city streets. One of the 198 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: men led Tinkle, and before long the pony heard music playing. 199 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: He looked up and saw the big white tents and 200 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: the fluttering flags. Oh this must be the circus. Died 201 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: of the dancing bear told me about Tinkle, said to himself, 202 00:16:56,560 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: I wonder if I shall meet Tom Tum, the jolly elephant. 203 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: Here's the trick pony my partner was telling you about, 204 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 1: announced the red haired man to a man who came 205 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: out of a tent where many ponies and horses were 206 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 1: eating their dinners. Can he do any tricks? Asked the 207 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 1: circus man. Well, I've seen him bow and jump. I 208 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,880 Speaker 1: don't know what else you can do. I'll soon find out, 209 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: stated the circus man. Looks like a good pony, I'll 210 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: buy him off you. So after some talk, the money 211 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:42,199 Speaker 1: was paid over, and then Tinkle belonged to the circus. 212 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: I wonder what will happen to me now, thought Tinkle. 213 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: And very many strange things were to happen, and I 214 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 1: am going to tell you all about them through the 215 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:12,360 Speaker 1: watching new Globe. Good Night sleep tis I mean, it's one. 216 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 2: Of the few things I can come on, one of 217 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 2: the few things I can trust. It's one of the 218 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 2: few things I can come on, one of the few 219 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,120 Speaker 2: things I can trust.