Mommy Reads — pilots

Private ear-check. Normal voice, no effects.

1. Peter Pan: the island in the lake

Stories lane · ~50 sec · intro A (sleepyhead)

1b. Peter Pan: DIRECTED take (compare!)

Same script, sentence-level stage direction · ~50 sec

2. Lobo: the king of Currumpaw

Explains lane · ~50 sec · intro C (snugglebug)

3. The pitcher that never emptied

Ancients lane · ~50 sec · intro E (stars)

4. Mommy is proud of you (comfort proof)

New lane: hour-of-praise test excerpt · ~2 min · directed

5. The Prophet: On Children (NO-EDIT proof)

Gibran verbatim, zero direction tags, zero edits · ~2 min

6. Gitanjali: thou hast made me endless (DIRECT ADDRESS proof)

Tagore verbatim, voice talking straight at you · ~1 min

7. Keats to Fanny: send me the words good night (LETTERS proof)

1820 love letter verbatim — a good-night ritual 200 years old · ~2 min

8. Sara begins pretending (COMFORT proof)

Burnett verbatim — "I believe I will begin pretending I am one" · ~1.5 min

9. Nancy tells of the glad game (COMFORT proof)

Porter verbatim — when she can't play it herself · ~2.5 min

10. The wells of pity (COMFORT proof)

Wilde verbatim — a small kindness in prison · ~2 min