Dream Blocks

ILLUSTRATIONS

Reading edition

Facing Page

Title Pageii

Dream Blocks1

Stupid You2

Doorsteps4

The Big Clock6

A Quandary10

A Rainy Day14

The Runaway18

The Sick Rose22

Frills26

Home30

A Prayer34

Summer's Passing38

Punishment40

Treasure Craft44

DREAM BLOCKS

Child in bunny suit reaching down to pat a bunny

back view of lamb with red bow around its neck

boy on lawn building tower with blocks, castle in sky above his head

Boy lying on floor playing with building blocks

DREAM-BLOCKS

WITH dream-blocks I can build A castle to the sky. No one can shake it down, Though he may try and try, Except myself, and then, I make another one, And shape it as I please. This castle-building fun Nobody takes away, And what I like the best— The dream-blocks change each day.