5 minute bedtime stories

5 minute bedtime stories that really do take five minutes — the shortest whole stories here, for when time has run out.

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• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star1-2 min read · 5 pagesTwinkle, twinkle, little star — the full words of Jane Taylor's 1806 poem, all five verses, not just the one everybody knows.
• Wee Willie Winkie1-2 min read · 2 pagesWee Willie Winkie runs through the town — the full words of the Scottish bedtime rhyme, and who he is knocking for.
• When the Forest Goes to Sleep4-5 min read · 9 pagesWhen evening settles over the woods, all its gentle creatures gather to make ready for sleep, quietly and kindly, together.
• Wind the Bobbin Up1-2 min read · 3 pagesWind the bobbin up — the full words of the action rhyme, with what the hands do on each line, from the mills of Lancashire.

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• Bedtime stories about animals
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• Aesop's fables
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• Hans Christian Andersen
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