Lay still, Steven, and I'll tell you a bedtime story.
   I'll tell you a bedtime story that's not for all children.
   It's a very special story, that only special children will
   understand. It's a half-awake story, and it will be better
   if you close you your eyes. It's a story that takes place
   in a dream, like other nightmares you have known.
   It's a dream that Alice has dreamed. You can dream
   along with him. You can follow Alice down the staircase,
   deep, down the stairs to the pit where he doesn't want
   to go, but he has to. If you go to sleep now, Steven,
   you can go down the long and endless stairway and
   sing sweet songs to Alice and free him. And if you
   can't get to sleep, Steven, and in the middle of the night
   you get out of bed, when everything is quiet and the
   trees are still and the birds are hiding from the dark,
   you can lie down on your bedroom floor and press your
   ear tightly to the boards. If you listen very carefully you
   can hear Alice searching for a way out, forever
   chasing rainbows.
  
   Sleep tight, Steven. And have a good night.