A calm bedtime story for when your mind won't slow down, set in a sleepy village on the Spanish coast. When a seagull named Pedro is summoned before the Coastal Seagull Parliament over a matter he thought was long since settled, Prince Freddie climbs the cliff path to stand as his character witness, and finds the whole grave proceeding gently, sleepily absurd. A playful, unhurried wander made to loosen an overthinking evening.

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, written to quiet an anxious mind and soften the end of the day. You are not meant to reach the end.

If this one ends before you do, there is a longer telling. The Settle, Night 6, is the same sto ...