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When the dreams swamped the stories, she would change into one of the little girls round the brushwood pile, still keeping her title and crown. She saw Georgie drown once in a dream sea by the beach (it was the day after he had been taken to bathe in a real sea by his nurse); and he said as he sank: "Poor Annie_an_louise! She'll be sorry for me now!" WHEN THE DREAMS SWAMPED THE STORIES SHE WOULD CHANGE INTO ONE OF THE LITTLE GIRLS ROUND THE BRUSHWOOD PILE STILL KEEPING HER TITLE AND CROWN SHE SAW GEORGIE DROWN ONCE IN A DREAM SEA BY THE BEACH IT WAS THE DAY AFTER HE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO BATHE IN A REAL SEA BY HIS NURSE AND HE SAID AS HE SANK POOR ANNIEANLOUISE SHE'LL BE SORRY FOR ME NOW
as “the same starting-off place”—a pile of brushwood stacked somewhere near a beach; and round this pile Georgie found himself running races with little boys and girls. These ended, ships ran high up the dry land and opened into cardboard boxes; or gilt-and-green iron railings that surrounded beautiful gardens turned all soft and could be walked through and overthrown so long as he remembered it was only a dream. He could never hold that knowledge more than a few seconds ere things became real, and instead of pushing down houses full of grown-up people (a just revenge), he sat miserably upon gigantic door-steps trying to sing the multiplication-table up to four times six. The princess of his tales was a person of wonderful beauty (she came from the old illustrated edition of Grimm, now out of print), and as she always applauded Georgie’s valour among the dragons and buffaloes, he gave her the two finest names he had ever heard in his life—Annie and Louise, pronounced “Annie_an_louise.”  NIGHT LIGHT THERE WAS THE SAME STARTING OFF PLACE A PILE OF BRUSHWOOD STACKED SOMEWHERE NEAR A BEACH AND ROUND THIS PILE GEORGIE FOUND HIMSELF RUNNING RACES WITH LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS THESE ENDED SHIPS RAN HIGH UP THE DRY LAND AND OPENED INTO CARDBOARD BOXES OR GILT AND GREEN IRON RAILINGS THAT SURROUNDED BEAUTIFUL GARDENS TURNED ALL SOFT AND COULD BE WALKED THROUGH AND OVERTHROWN SO LONG AS HE REMEMBERED IT WAS ONLY A DREAM HE COULD NEVER HOLD THAT KNOWLEDGE FOR MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS ERE THINGS BECAME REAL AND INSTEAD OF PUSHING DOWN HOUSES FULL OF GROWN UP PEOPLE A JUST REVENGE HE SAT MISERABLY UPON GIGANTIC DOOR STEPS TRYING TO SING THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE UP TO FOUR TIMES SIX THE PRINCESS OF HIS TALES WAS A PERSON OF WONDERFUL BEAUTY SHE CAME FROM THE OLD ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF GRIMM NOW OUT OF PRINT AND AS SHE ALWAYS APPLAUDED GEORGIE'S VALOUR AMONG THE DRAGONS AND BUFFALOES HE GAVE HER THE TWO FINEST NAMES HE HAD EVER HEARD IN HIS LIFE ANNIE AND LOUISE PRONOUNCED ANNIE LOUISE
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