thank you very much for your time, anita astle, director of the i time, anita astle, director of thee is ed. when i was little, i had a stutter, and that means that when i spoke, sometimes the words got a bit stuck on the way out. i did make me feel different because i would be in school, the teacher would ask a question i knew the answer to, i would put my handed the answer to, i would put my handed the air that i could never get the words out. i used to worry that i could never speak without stuttering, but now i sing and talk to people over time, sometimes lots of people. perhaps you have a stutter too or you know somebody who does. the bedtime story tonight is just for you, it is about a little boy who had a stutterjust like i did. it is called i talk like a river, byjordan scott and sidney smith. jordan scott is the author of the book i talk like a river, that ed sheeran reads from. he says he hopes the decision to share the experience of people who stutter will bring greater empathy from those who don't. well, as a child i stuttered, i struggled quite a lot, and i still stutter

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