🎵 On the mantle between a wedding photograph and dried flowers, a tiny music box holds a melody no one can identify and a story spanning sixty years.Clara inherited the music box from her grandmother, who brought it from the old country wrapped in a shawl. Every evening, she lifts the lid and a tiny ballerina turns to a waltz in three-quarter time, a melody that is sweet without being sentimental, simple without being simple-minded. Clara has spent decades trying to discover its name, but no music teacher, antiquarian, or collector can identify it. She has come to believe it was composed specifically for this box by someone whose name has been lost to time — a private melody linking the past to the present. The photograph beside it shows her grandmother, young and serious, and the music box holds the answer to the question in her eyes.CHAPTERS:00:00 - The Mantle Between Photograph and Flowers01:15 - The Garden Painted on the Lid02:30 - Grandmother and the Journey from the Old Country03:40 - Inherited at Twelve, Treasured for Sixty Years04:50 - The Evening Ritual of Lifting the Lid06:00 - The Waltz in Three-Quarter Time07:10 - Searching for the Melodys Name08:20 - The Photograph and the Question in Her Eyes09:15 - Two Minutes of the World as It Should BeA tender bedtime story about memory, music, and the things we carry through time. Sebastian Cross's voice is as warm and delicate as the melody itself.This episode was created with the help of AI storytelling tools, offering an original narrative designed to soothe and comfort you at the end of the day.DISCLAIMER 📢Bedtime Sleep Stories For Grownups is an independent production by HustleStudios. The stories and topics discussed are for entertainment and informational purposes only. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect HustleStudios or its affiliates.Some names and details may be altered to protect privacy. Listener discretion advised. All content protected under copyright law.This episode might be ad-supported. Support us on Patreon for ad-free episodes, early access, and exclusive promos.👉 Check our Patreon👉 Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts📻 Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7!🎧 radio.hustlestudios.net/live🔊 All our podcasts — playing back to back, anytime!

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