August 4, 2025 • 10 mins
Thank you for joining us on this episode of the Positive Affirmations And Audio Stories podcast. For this episode’s sleep story, we’ve got an lovely relaxing story called ‘The Golden Windows~ by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards.
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Coffee fuels us up ... donations keep us going... please pop over to ko-fi for a coffee donation if you'd like to financially support our work. If you would like to get more inspiration and motivation, there are lots of inspirational positive videos, messages and artwork over there.
And, we'll have a few free, downloadable colouring pages following the theme of this story over on our kofi oage shortly.
https://ko-fi.com/happythoughts
Many thanks, your listens, likes, subscribes and support mean the world to us.
This podcast is available on Spreaker, iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, iHeartRadio and most podcast platforms and apps. If you like what you hear please feel free to share and to leave a review on your site of choice. Our Supporters Club members can get access to extra episodes created just for them! Our Supporters Club via Spreaker: spreaker.com/podcast/positive-affirmations-and-audio-stories--1338752/support
Visit my Bandcamp page for more inspiration affirmations, meditations and stories for purchase and sample. Helping you live the positive lifestyle that you deserve.
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And for the children, do check out our other podcast "The Classic Children's Story Podcast ". It’s filled with regular episodes of classic sleep stories, and playtime anytime uplifting, fun tales: www.spreaker.com/show/4219679
Also, have a look at our YouTube channel of stories, affirmations, songs and more for kids:
https://www.youtube.com/@SleepStoriesandFairyTales4U
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Episode Transcript
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi, this is Stefania over at Positive Affirmations and Audio Stories,
bringing you happy thoughts, inspiration, motivation, and entertainment to start
your day. We use the power of positive words to
help you live the positive, uplifting lifestyle that you deserve.
(00:22):
Today's episode is another sleep story. It's time to head
off to a peaceful, enjoyable sleep with a relaxing bedtime story.
Today's story is the Golden Windows. It's by Laura Richard's.
(01:13):
All day long, the little boy worked hard in field
and barn and shed, for his people were poor farmers
and could not bear a workman. But at sunset there
came an hour that was all his own, for his
father had given it to him. Then the boy would
go up to the top of a hill and look
(01:35):
across at another hill that rose some miles away. On
this far hill stood a house with windows of clear
gold and diamonds. They shone and blazed so that it
made the boy wink to look at them. But after
a while the people in the house put up shutters,
(01:57):
as it seemed, and then it looked like any common farmhouse.
The boys supposed they did this because it was supper time.
And then he would go into the house and have
his supper of bread and milk, and so to bed.
One day, the boy's father called him and said, you
(02:19):
have been a good boy and have earned a holiday.
Take this day for your own, but remember that God
gave it, and try to learn some good thing. The
boy thanked his father and kissed his mother. Then he
put a piece of bread in his pocket and started
(02:39):
off to find the house with the golden windows. It
was pleasant walking. His bare feet made marks in the
white dust, and when he looked back, the footprints seemed
to be following him and making company for him. His shadow, too,
kept beside him and would dance or run with him
as he bleeds, so it was very cheerful. Bye and bye.
(03:07):
He felt hungry, and he sat down by a brown
brook that ran through the older hedge by the roadside,
and ate his bread and drank the clear water. Then
he scattered the crumbs for the birds, as his mother
had taught him to do, and went on his way.
After a long time, he came to a high green hill,
(03:32):
and when he climbed the hill there was the house
on the top, but it seemed that the shutters were up,
for he could not see the golden windows. He came
up to the house, and then he could well have wept,
for the windows were of clear glass like any others,
and there was no gold anywhere about them. A woman
(03:57):
came to the door and looked kindly at the boy
and asked him what he wanted. I saw the golden
windows from our hilltop, he said, and I came to
see them, but now they are only glass. The woman
shook her head and laughed. We are poor farming people,
she said, and are not likely to have gold about
(04:21):
her windows, but glasses better to see through. She bade
the boy sit down on the broad stone step at
the door, and brought him a cup of milk and
a cake, and bade him rest. Then she called her daughter,
a child of his own age, and nodded kindly at
(04:42):
the two, and went back to her work. The little
girl was barefooted like himself, and wore a brown cotton gown,
but her hair was golden like the windows he had seen,
and her eyes were blue like the sky at new
(05:03):
She let the boy about the farm and showed him
her black calf with the white star on his forehead,
and he told her about his own at home, which
was red like a chestnut with four white feet. Then,
when they had eaten an apple together and so had
become friends, the boy asked her about the golden windows.
(05:27):
The little girl nodded and said she knew all about them,
only he had mistaken the house. You have come quite
the wrong way, she said. Come with me, and I
will show you the house with the golden windows, and
then you will see for yourself. They went to a
(05:48):
knoll that rose behind the farmhouse, and as they went,
the little girl told him that the golden windows could
only be seen at a certain hour about sunset. Yes,
I know that, said the boy. When they reached the
top of the hill, the girl turned and pointed, and
(06:11):
there on a hill far away stood a house with
windows of clear gold and diamond, just as he had
seen them. And when they looked again, the boy saw
that it was his own house. Then he told the
(06:34):
little girl that he must go, and he gave her
his best pebble, the white one with the red band,
that he had carried for a year in his pocket,
and she gave him three horse chestnuts, one red like satin,
one spotted, and one white like milk. He kissed her
(06:55):
and promised to come again but he did not tell
her what he had learned, And so he went back
down the hill, and the little girl stood in the
sunset light and watched him. The way home was long,
and it was dark before the boy reached his father's house,
(07:18):
but the lamp light and firelight shone through the windows,
making them almost as bright as he had seen them
from the hilltop. And when he opened the door, his
mother came to kiss him, and his little sister ran
up to throw her arms about his neck, and his
father looked up and smiled from his seat by the fire.
(07:42):
Have you had a good day, asked his mother. Yes,
the boy had had a very good day. And have
you learned anything, asked the father. Yes, said the boy.
I have learned that our house has windows of gold
(08:06):
and diamond. And that's our story for today. Sometimes we
(08:44):
don't know how blessed we are. Just have to step
back a bit once in a while and have a look.
That's it for today. Feel free to share this podcast
with your family, with your friends, with everybody, and if
(09:06):
you need a little more inspiration in between podcast episodes,
please feel free to visit our coffee page. You can
find the website addressed in the show notes, and over
there you'll find more motivation, inspiration, inspirational media and if
you like, you can buy some coffee, yes please, or
(09:27):
just have a look around, enjoy and get inspired. And
if you find that you fancy a bit of coloring,
you'll find three coloring pages inspired by today's story and
ready for downloading and your coloring creative fun time. They're
(09:48):
not on the site yet, but we'll be getting them
up in the next day or two, so have a look.
It's very relaxing to color. So have a good day,
stay well, be happy, have a good sleep. Bye for now,
Hi, this is Stefania over at Positive Affirmations and Audio Stories,
bringing you happy thoughts, inspiration, motivation, and entertainment to start
your day. We use the power of positive words to
help you live the positive, uplifting lifestyle that you deserve.
(00:22):
Today's episode is another sleep story. It's time to head
off to a peaceful, enjoyable sleep with a relaxing bedtime story.
Today's story is the Golden Windows. It's by Laura Richard's.
(01:13):
All day long, the little boy worked hard in field
and barn and shed, for his people were poor farmers
and could not bear a workman. But at sunset there
came an hour that was all his own, for his
father had given it to him. Then the boy would
go up to the top of a hill and look
(01:35):
across at another hill that rose some miles away. On
this far hill stood a house with windows of clear
gold and diamonds. They shone and blazed so that it
made the boy wink to look at them. But after
a while the people in the house put up shutters,
(01:57):
as it seemed, and then it looked like any common farmhouse.
The boys supposed they did this because it was supper time.
And then he would go into the house and have
his supper of bread and milk, and so to bed.
One day, the boy's father called him and said, you
(02:19):
have been a good boy and have earned a holiday.
Take this day for your own, but remember that God
gave it, and try to learn some good thing. The
boy thanked his father and kissed his mother. Then he
put a piece of bread in his pocket and started
(02:39):
off to find the house with the golden windows. It
was pleasant walking. His bare feet made marks in the
white dust, and when he looked back, the footprints seemed
to be following him and making company for him. His shadow, too,
kept beside him and would dance or run with him
as he bleeds, so it was very cheerful. Bye and bye.
(03:07):
He felt hungry, and he sat down by a brown
brook that ran through the older hedge by the roadside,
and ate his bread and drank the clear water. Then
he scattered the crumbs for the birds, as his mother
had taught him to do, and went on his way.
After a long time, he came to a high green hill,
(03:32):
and when he climbed the hill there was the house
on the top, but it seemed that the shutters were up,
for he could not see the golden windows. He came
up to the house, and then he could well have wept,
for the windows were of clear glass like any others,
and there was no gold anywhere about them. A woman
(03:57):
came to the door and looked kindly at the boy
and asked him what he wanted. I saw the golden
windows from our hilltop, he said, and I came to
see them, but now they are only glass. The woman
shook her head and laughed. We are poor farming people,
she said, and are not likely to have gold about
(04:21):
her windows, but glasses better to see through. She bade
the boy sit down on the broad stone step at
the door, and brought him a cup of milk and
a cake, and bade him rest. Then she called her daughter,
a child of his own age, and nodded kindly at
(04:42):
the two, and went back to her work. The little
girl was barefooted like himself, and wore a brown cotton gown,
but her hair was golden like the windows he had seen,
and her eyes were blue like the sky at new
(05:03):
She let the boy about the farm and showed him
her black calf with the white star on his forehead,
and he told her about his own at home, which
was red like a chestnut with four white feet. Then,
when they had eaten an apple together and so had
become friends, the boy asked her about the golden windows.
(05:27):
The little girl nodded and said she knew all about them,
only he had mistaken the house. You have come quite
the wrong way, she said. Come with me, and I
will show you the house with the golden windows, and
then you will see for yourself. They went to a
(05:48):
knoll that rose behind the farmhouse, and as they went,
the little girl told him that the golden windows could
only be seen at a certain hour about sunset. Yes,
I know that, said the boy. When they reached the
top of the hill, the girl turned and pointed, and
(06:11):
there on a hill far away stood a house with
windows of clear gold and diamond, just as he had
seen them. And when they looked again, the boy saw
that it was his own house. Then he told the
(06:34):
little girl that he must go, and he gave her
his best pebble, the white one with the red band,
that he had carried for a year in his pocket,
and she gave him three horse chestnuts, one red like satin,
one spotted, and one white like milk. He kissed her
(06:55):
and promised to come again but he did not tell
her what he had learned, And so he went back
down the hill, and the little girl stood in the
sunset light and watched him. The way home was long,
and it was dark before the boy reached his father's house,
(07:18):
but the lamp light and firelight shone through the windows,
making them almost as bright as he had seen them
from the hilltop. And when he opened the door, his
mother came to kiss him, and his little sister ran
up to throw her arms about his neck, and his
father looked up and smiled from his seat by the fire.
(07:42):
Have you had a good day, asked his mother. Yes,
the boy had had a very good day. And have
you learned anything, asked the father. Yes, said the boy.
I have learned that our house has windows of gold
(08:06):
and diamond. And that's our story for today. Sometimes we
(08:44):
don't know how blessed we are. Just have to step
back a bit once in a while and have a look.
That's it for today. Feel free to share this podcast
with your family, with your friends, with everybody, and if
(09:06):
you need a little more inspiration in between podcast episodes,
please feel free to visit our coffee page. You can
find the website addressed in the show notes, and over
there you'll find more motivation, inspiration, inspirational media and if
you like, you can buy some coffee, yes please, or
(09:27):
just have a look around, enjoy and get inspired. And
if you find that you fancy a bit of coloring,
you'll find three coloring pages inspired by today's story and
ready for downloading and your coloring creative fun time. They're
(09:48):
not on the site yet, but we'll be getting them
up in the next day or two, so have a look.
It's very relaxing to color. So have a good day,
stay well, be happy, have a good sleep. Bye for now,
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