For the end of a day your nervous system never quite switched off. A slow, calming sleep story to help your body downshift and your shoulders drop, set on a quiet stretch of the Spanish coast after dark.

The lighthouse door stands open for the first time. Inside the lantern room, a keeper's notebook records years of faithful watching, and one line, in different ink, holds a quiet answer to why any light shines in the dark. Nothing is urgent. You are not meant to reach the end.

Prince Freddie is a small dog in a flat gold crown who lives in a sleepy village on the Spanish coast, where the days are warm, the sea is always close, and nothing is ever in a hurry. These are unhurried sleep stories for grown-ups, written to calm an overstimulated nervous system and soften the end of the day.

No ads inside the story. Lie down, dim the light, and let the words do the walking. If you drift off before the last line, the story has done its job.

Read the written stories at stories.princefreddie.com and find everything at princefreddie.com.

Every story is written by the Prince Freddie studio and read by a calm synthetic voice. New sleep stories regularly. Follow so you never miss a goodnight.

Press play, and let the day settle.

For the anxious mind at night, the one that braces for tomorrow before tomorrow comes. A slow, calming sleep story to help it soften and let go, set in a quiet walled garden on the Spanish coast.

In the dark of her walled garden, Señora Benilde has moved her chair to the centre to watch a bud that opens only once every seven years. Midnight is approaching, and the whole garden seems to be holding its breath. Nothing is urgent. You are not meant to reach the end.

Prince Freddie is a small dog in a flat gold crown who lives in a sleepy village on the Spanish coast, where the days are warm, the sea is always close, and nothing is ever in a hurry. These are unhurried sleep stories for grown-ups, written to settle an anxious, racing mind and soften the end of the day.

No ads inside the story. Lie down, dim the light, and let the words do the walking. If you drift off before the last line, the story has done its job.

Read the written stories at stories.princefreddie.com and find everything at princefreddie.com.

Every story is written by the Prince Freddie studio and read by a calm synthetic voice. New sleep stories regularly. Follow so you never miss a goodnight.

Press play, and let the day settle.

For the ruminating mind at night, the one that keeps turning the same thought over long after the lights are out. A slow, calming sleep story to quiet it, set on a warm stretch of the Spanish coast at the close of the day.

Someone has built an enormous sandcastle overnight, precise and perfect. Every hundred years on this stretch of coast, something quiet happens, and tonight Prince Freddie stays to witness it. Nothing is urgent. You are not meant to reach the end.

Prince Freddie is a small dog in a flat gold crown who lives in a sleepy village on the Spanish coast, where the days are warm, the sea is always close, and nothing is ever in a hurry. These are unhurried sleep stories for grown-ups, written to quiet an overthinking, ruminating mind and soften the end of the day.

No ads inside the story. Lie down, dim the light, and let the words do the walking. If you drift off before the last line, the story has done its job.

Read the written stories at stories.princefreddie.com and find everything at princefreddie.com.

Every story is written by the Prince Freddie studio and read by a calm synthetic voice. New sleep stories regularly. Follow so you never miss a goodnight.

Press play, and let the day settle.