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 have no goal, they have no place; they cannot even keep themselves as they are, or grow into something better and bigger until they begin to work, or at least are willing to work; for the work is exhaled from themselves for them to do; but if they are all fluffy ruffles—well, they can't gather up the scattered petals and be fluffy ruffles again; but they will have to search within themselves to find the 'makings' of something worth while, if they are to have a place and a part that is worthy of the name."

Marjorie looked at the Dream curiously. "Sometimes you are very old," she said, "and say things that I can reach only by standing my mind on tiptoe; and sometimes you are just a—a kid."

The Dream grinned. "Just like everybody else," he said. "Folks sometimes think things that they themselves can understand only by standing their minds on tiptoe. And sometimes it scares them and they hide their eyes and run away. When you get startled by thinking something that seems too big for you, the best thing to do is to walk up and look at it pretty closely; for it is almost sure to lead you into big company; and the fact that it has come