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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: The Child and the Dream - A Christmas Story - -Author: Marion Cook - -Release Date: December 28, 2021 [eBook #67034] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Charlene Taylor, Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was - produced from images generously made available by The - Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CHILD AND THE DREAM *** - - - - - - This edition consists of but 357 copies. - This book is Number 237 - - [Illustration: Marion Cook.] - - - - - _The Child & the Dream_ - - - - - [Illustration: THE CHILD] - - - - - _The Child and - the Dream_ - - A CHRISTMAS - STORY - - BY - MARION COOK - - MCMVIII - THE METROPOLITAN PRESS - PORTLAND, OREGON - - - - - TO MY SEVEREST CRITIC, - AGED SEVEN - - COPYRIGHT 1908 - BY MARION COOK - - - - - I. The Child - II. The Dream - III. The Gift - - - - - _The Child_ - - -This, little Dear-My-Love, is the story of a Child whom I am sure you -would have loved. For people did love her very much, she was so quaint -and dear. - -She was a remarkably bright Child and the beauty of her being bright -was that she did not know it. She did bright things and said bright -things and it never entered her mind to marvel at her own cleverness. -However, I doubt if she would have thought of what I am going to tell -you, had it not been for the Storyist. - -It was somewhat absurd, the whole thing; yet it was an experience one -would not soon forget. - -It began, little Dear-My-Love, on a certain morning when the Child -stood looking out of the window of her own pretty room. She was -watching two little birds which sat huddled close together on the -branch of a big fir tree; but she really wasn’t thinking about the -birds. She had heard Lady-Mother say at breakfast that it lacked but -two weeks of Christmas, and she had not yet selected her Gift for -Lady-Mother. She was so extremely particular about what it should be -that it was difficult to decide upon anything. - -Presently the Child had an idea; and the more she thought of it, the -more splendid it seemed as a surprise for Lady-Mother. You see, little -Dear-My-Love, she wasn’t old enough to be very wise and so sometimes -she did rather queer things. - -A few moments later she knocked at the door of the Storyist. - -She found her writing, as usual, but the Storyist was patient about -interruptions and this time she set the Child lovingly upon her knee -and asked what she could do for her. - -“I’d like some story-paper,” said the Child. - -“You may have all you wish,” proffered the Storyist, handing her a pad -of scratch-paper. - -The Child fingered it critically. “Will it do?” she asked. - -The Storyist smiled. “I think it will――for you,” she said. - -“But you see I want it very nice,” explained the Child, “because it’s -for a Christmas story I’m going to write. That is, the story isn’t -_about_ Christmas, but it’s for a Christmas present.” - -The Storyist appeared interested. “So?” she said. “Who is it for? But I -think I can guess,” she added quickly. - -“Well, if you know please don’t tell,” cautioned the Child. Then she -asked, “May I see what you’re writing?” - -“Certainly,” assented the Storyist, and showed her a typewritten sheet. - -The Child read: - -“‘Her voice was that smooth and slippery-like that you found yourself -swallowing what she said without realizing till afterward that the -words stuck in your throat.’” - -She read it a second time, but was sure she didn’t quite understand. - -“Is it hard?” she inquired. - -The Storyist looked thoughtful. “Not very,” she replied. “You just have -to know what you want to say and then say it the best you can.” - -It sounded reasonable and the Child grew encouraged. - -“She’d be surprised to see it in a paper, wouldn’t she?” she laughed. - -The Storyist agreed that she would. - -When she went out she held tightly several sheets of typewriter paper -and a newly-sharpened soft pencil. She was eager to begin. She set -herself down at the tiny desk Lady-Mother had given her and everything -was still for a long time. - -Of course she was very little to think of trying to write a story, but -O, little Dear-My-Love, she knew perfectly well _just_ what she wanted -to say! - -And so she worked very hard indeed and wrote as fast as she could make -her letters. - - - - - _The Dream_ - - -And that night, little Dear-My-Love, an odd thing happened. It was some -time after Lady-Mother had kissed her and, turning out the light, had -gone softly away, that the Child heard a voice say, right in her ear: - -“It’s very queer.” - -She started up in bed. “What’s queer?” she said. But no one answered -her. She sank back again upon the pillow and wondered if she had been -dreaming. If she had―― - -“What did you say was queer?” - -It was some one else speaking this time, and the Child raised herself -on her elbow and listened intently. - -Then the first voice said, “Why, about the train, you know. She might -have known it would be troublesome. Of course, if it weren’t so long I -could manage it better, but as it is――” and the voice trailed off into -a sigh. - -The Child waited to hear no more. “What makes you ‘sigh like a -furnace’?” she said. She had heard the Storyist quote Shakespeare with -good effect. - -The voice answered her; its tones were very sweet. “O, I didn’t know -you were awake!” it said. “Is this where you always sleep?” - -“Yes,” answered the Child. “Do you like it?” - -“It’s very pretty,” said the voice. “It must be a relief to have a room -small enough for convenience. Why, even this foot-board――” - -“O, is that where you are?” asked the Child. “I’ve been looking all -over but I couldn’t see you. Why, you’re Lady Arabella!” she cried, -as she caught sight of a small figure, elaborately dressed, balancing -itself on one end of the foot-board. “How did you get here?” - -“Well, I simply had to come,” said Lady Arabella. “I had to get where -it was warmer. Did I hear you say something about a furnace?” - -The Child looked at her in surprise. “Yes; were you cold?” she asked. - -“I should say,” replied Arabella. “Those marble halls are just -dreadfully cold; they’re positively frigid. Sometimes we dance as you -told us to, and that warms us up. But I was too tired to-night to -dance.” - -If Arabella could have seen the Child’s face she would have noticed how -sorry and disturbed it looked. But it was too dark in the room for her -to see distinctly. - -“I’m sure I never thought of that,” said the Child, and her tone was -penitent. “You see, I thought you would like the marble halls. But I -never had any ’sperience with them myself. Why don’t you put on extra -wraps when you feel so cold?” - -“Extra wraps!” repeated Arabella. “I haven’t any. The only kinds of -clothes I have are dinner gowns and ball gowns. They’re not very warm, -you know. I often tie handkerchiefs around my throat when that gets -cold, but they are only ‘dreams of lace’ and don’t do much good. Don’t -you think you could get me a wrap or two?” - -“Yes indeed, I can,” answered the Child. “I’ll see about it to-morrow.” - -“And a matinee for mornings,” Arabella suggested. “Something that -won’t soil, especially as I have to spend all my mornings in the -conservatory.” - -“What makes you stay there?” asked the Child. “Why not go somewhere -else?” She was by this time sitting up in bed, her hands clasped about -one knee, intensely interested. - -“I have to,” answered Arabella, with another sigh. “I have to do what -you tell me to.” - -“It’s too bad,” declared the Child; “I’ll change that to-morrow, too.” -Then she suddenly remembered her manners. “Won’t you sit down?” she -asked. - -“How can I up here?” Arabella replied. “My train is in the way. If you -could help me down I should like it.” - -So the Child reached out her two hands and, lowering Arabella to the -bed, placed her carefully upon the counterpane. - -“Aren’t you going to bring Sir Marmaduke, too?” asked her visitor in -dismay. - -“Is he up there? I didn’t see him,” said the Child. - -“He and I were talking when you first woke up,” answered Arabella. -“Don’t you remember? Certainly he is here. He has to be always at my -side, you know. At least, that’s what you said.” - -“So I did,” acknowledged the Child. Then she began to laugh. “O, dear!” -she gasped, “I didn’t think how it would be, you see――his _always_ -being with you! O, I didn’t really mean that! It’s _too_ funny!” and -the bed shook so that Sir Marmaduke almost fell off the foot-board. - -The next moment she turned to Arabella. “You don’t object to it, do -you?” she asked seriously. - -“Well,” Arabella admitted, whispering very softly so that Sir Marmaduke -might not hear and the Child had to bend low to catch the words, “to -tell the truth, it does get pretty tiresome. Yes, I rather wish he -wasn’t with me _all_ the time. If you could fix it so that we could be -together just on special occasions, you know――” - -“I see,” said the Child quickly; “I’ll fix it to-morrow to suit you. I -have plenty of paper left.” - -Then she turned to Sir Marmaduke and helped him to a seat quite -a little away from Arabella. She thought that relief for the much -afflicted heroine could not come too soon. - -“You don’t talk much, do you?” she observed to Sir Marmaduke. “I didn’t -know you were such a quiet man.” - -“Well,” he answered, twirling his moustache and settling his cravat -after his change of position, “it’s a case of necessity. You said I did -nothing but listen to the music of her voice. To be sure, _I_ don’t -mind,” gallantly turning to Arabella, “but I think she’d like to have -me talk more.” - -Arabella blushed prettily. “Yes, it would be more interesting for me,” -she agreed. - -It was the Child that sighed this time. “If you’d rather, I’ll change -it so you can talk more. And I’ll make your train shorter, too,” she -said to Arabella. “Five yards is altogether too much.” She began to -wonder if she could remember all the alterations that had to be made. -There seemed to be so many things she hadn’t thought of. - -An odd sound coming from Arabella’s side of the bed arrested her -attention. She appeared to be in some trouble. - -“What is the matter?” asked the Child. - -“O, I do wish I could yawn!” - -“Why don’t you?” - -“I can’t,” replied Arabella. “My fan isn’t here. I forgot to bring it.” - -“Do you have to have that before you can yawn?” - -“You said so,” was the answer. “You said I gave nothing but gentle -yawns behind my fan.” - -“O, I’d forgotten,” said the Child. “But what makes you want to yawn?” - -“Because I’m sleepy, you little goosey,” returned Arabella impatiently. -“I guess you’d be sleepy, too, if you could never have a wink of sleep -from one week’s end to the other!” - -“I guess I would,” the Child confessed. “But why can’t you sleep when -you want to?” - -Arabella eyed the Child with astonishment. “I should think you’d know,” -she said. “You don’t seem to remember that my hair is spun gold, and -how could I ever get it combed again if I should lie down and get it -all tangled? It would be so much nicer if it were just hair. Don’t you -think you could――” - -“O, yes, of course I can,” the Child answered. It began to look -discouraging. - -“And just look at my eyes,” went on Arabella. “Do you see anything -queer about them?” - -The Child looked. “They’re very bright.” - -“Yes,” pursued the other, “that’s because they’re stars, you see. But -I could see much better out of them if they were just regular eyes, I -think. Don’t you?” - -“Of course you could,” said the Child. “Anybody could.” - -“I’m glad you think so. It will be a relief to have eyes like other -people. If my eyes were once fixed I shouldn’t care so much about my -ears.” - -“Your ears? What is the matter with them?” demanded the Child. - -“You’re queer not to remember,” returned Arabella. “They’re only pink -shells and they roar so I can’t hear well half the time. There are -other things, too; my mouth, for instance. You made that a lovely ripe -red cherry, which is, to say the least, inconvenient and even tempting!” - -The Child sighed again. “I wanted to make you beautiful,” she explained -apologetically. - -“Yes, I know,” Arabella replied; “but I think I’d rather be good than -beautiful. It means more.” - -“But you _are_ good, aren’t you?” asked the Child. - -“I don’t know,” doubtfully answered Arabella, “you didn’t pay much -attention to that. I guess I’m too uncomfortable to be good. I suppose -you think that I am not real and it doesn’t matter, but you see I -_am_ real――to you. You had to think me out. And so _I_ can only be -what _you_ are――that is, what you love and think and want. Do you -understand?” - -“I see,” the Child reflected. - -“And it’s the real that counts,” continued Arabella. “You can’t always -judge from the outside――either of people or things.” - -“No,” put in the Child eagerly, “I know that. It’s that way with my -sums. Sometimes I will do my figures so carefully and the example will -look lovely when, after all, it’s full of mistakes.” - -“And there’s another thing,” replied Arabella, “your pride, I mean. As -a matter of fact, you’re writing this story for yourself and not for -Lady-Mother. And, candidly,” she added, “it’s nothing to be proud of. -We’re not much of a success!” - -It was blunt but the Child knew that it was true. She was silent for a -time, then she said, “It would be a good deal of trouble to make you -all over again and, anyway, I guess I don’t know enough――yet. You won’t -mind if I don’t?” she inquired anxiously. - -“Not a bit,” Arabella assured her. - -The Child was getting sleepy and Arabella saw it. “Come,” she said to -Sir Marmaduke. “We’re staying too long.” He rose obediently. - -“O, must you go?” asked the Child politely. “Do come again and――that -is――of course maybe you couldn’t――but still――” her voice grew fainter -and fainter. Arabella and Sir Marmaduke faded away and presently―― - -It was the Storyist bending over her. “Good morning,” she said. “It’s -time to get up.” - -The Child rubbed her eyes. - -And _you_ know, little Dear-My-Love, that she had been asleep all the -while! - - - - - _The Gift_ - - -You remember, little Dear-My-Love, how it feels just before Christmas. -Well, it was that kind of a morning. Nearly everyone carried mysterious -bundles, and Christmas sights and sounds were everywhere. - -The Child was very happy. She and the Storyist were on their way to buy -the Gift. She felt that she needed advice. She had been surprisingly -meek and quiet the last few days. - -“What made you give up your plan?” asked the Storyist. “Didn’t it suit -you?” - -“No,” said the Child. “Besides, the people in it weren’t happy.” - -“How do you know?” the Storyist returned. And then the Child related -the Dream. - -It was all very interesting and the Storyist listened attentively. - -“So you see,” concluded the Child, “it wouldn’t do.” - -The Storyist thought. “What do you think a Gift ought to be like?” she -asked. - -“It ought to be something beautiful all through, and something good -and real and that would make people glad,” the Child answered. She had -thought it out quite carefully. - -The Storyist promised to do the best she could. - -They spent a good deal of time looking in the shops and at last made -their purchase. Now it doesn’t matter, little Dear-My-Love, just what -it was; only it was something that Lady-Mother needed and it was nice -and the Child was satisfied with it. - -“But there’s only one Gift,” remarked the Storyist on their way home, -“that is really everything that you say a Gift ought to be.” - -“What is that?” asked the Child. - -The Storyist looked down at her very tenderly. - -“Love,” she said. - -And after that, little Dear-My-Love, people often wondered that she -was such a thoughtful Child and tried so hard to make everybody -comfortable. But _you_ know why. - - - - - [Illustration] Here endeth the Story of The Child and The - Dream, by Marion Cook, as done by The Metropolitan Press - - - - - Transcriber’s Notes: - - ――Text in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_). - - ――Punctuation and spelling inaccuracies were silently corrected. - - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CHILD AND THE DREAM *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. Special rules, set forth in the General Terms of Use part -of this license, apply to copying and distributing Project -Gutenberg-tm electronic works to protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm -concept and trademark. 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