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                               Dreams 



           Dreams 



by Jerome K。 Jerome 



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     The most extraordinary dream I ever had was one in which I fancied 

that�察�as I was going into a theater�察�the cloak´room attendant stopped me in 

the lobby and insisted on my leaving my legs behind me。 

     I was not surprised�察�indeed�察�my acquaintanceship with theater harpies 

would   prevent   my   feeling   any   surprise   at   such   a   demand�察  �even   in   my 

waking      moments�察      �but   I  was�察   �I  must    honestly     confess�察    �considerably 

annoyed。       It was not the payment of the cloak´room fee that I so much 

mindedI   offered   to   give   that   to   the   man   then   and   there。     It   was   the 

parting with my legs that I objected to。 

     I   said   I had never   heard   of such   a   rule   being   attempted to be put   in 

force   at   any   respectable   theater   before�察  �and   that   I   considered   it   a   most 

absurd and vexatious regulation。             I also said I should write to The Times 

about it。 

     The     man    replied   that   he   was   very    sorry�察 �but   that   those   were    his 

instructions。      People complained that they could not get to and from their 

seats comfortably�察�because other people's legs were always in the way�察�and 

it had�察�therefore�察�been decided that�察�in future�察�everybody should leave their 

legs outside。 

     It seemed to me that the management�察�in making this order�察�had clearly 

gone beyond their legal right�察�and�察�under ordinary circumstances�察�I should 

have   disputed   it。     Being   present�察  �however�察  �more   in   the   character   of   a 

guest than in that of a patron�察�I hardly like to make a disturbance�察�and so I 

sat down and meekly prepared to comply with the demand。 

     I   had   never   before   known   that   the   human   leg   did   unscrew。        I   had 

always thought it   was   a fixture。         But the   man   showed me   how  to undo 

them�察�and I found that they came off quite easily。 

     The discovery did not surprise me any more than the original request 

that   I   should   take   them   off   had   done。   Nothing   does   surprise   one   in   a 

dream。 

     I   dreamed   once   that   I   was   going   to   be   hanged�察  �but   I   was   not   at   all 

surprised   about   it。     Nobody   was。       My   relations   came   to   see   me   off�察  �I 

thought�察�and to wish me ;Good´by� ─                 �They all came�察�and were all very 

pleasant�察    �but   they   were    not  in   the  least   astonishednot      one   of   them。 



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Everybody   appeared   to   regard   the   coming   tragedy   as   one   of   the   most´ 

naturally´to´be´expected things in the world。 

     They     bore   the  calamity�察   �besides�察   �with   an  amount     of  stoicism    that 

would have done credit to a Spartan father。              There was no fuss�察�no scene。 

On the contrary�察�an atmosphere of mild cheerfulness prevailed。 

     Yet   they   were   very   kind。    Somebodyan   uncle�察  �I   thinkleft   me   a 

packet of sandwiches and a little something in a flask�察�in case�察�as he said�察�I 

should feel peckish on the scaffold。 

     It   is  ;those   twin´jailers     of  the   daring;    thought�察   �Knowledge       and 

Experience�察  �that   teach   us     surprise。    We    are   surprised   and   incredulous 

when�察�in novels and plays�察�we come across good men and women�察�because 

Knowledge and Experience have taught us how rare and problematical is 

the   existence   of   such   people。    In   waking   life�察  �my   friends   and   relations 

would�察�of course�察�have been surprised at hearing that I had committed a 

murder�察�and was�察�in consequence�察�about to be hanged�察�because Knowledge 

and Experience would have taught them that�察�in a country where the law is 

powerful      and   the   police   alert�察 �the   Christian    citizen   is  usually    pretty 

successful      in  withstanding     the   voice   of  temptation�察    �prompting     him    to 

commit crime of an illegal character。 

     But into Dreamland�察�Knowledge and Experience do not enter。                        They 

stay without�察�together with the dull�察�dead clay of which they form a part�察�

while the freed brain�察�released from their narrowing tutelage�察�steals softly 

past the ebon gate�察�to wanton at its own sweet will among the mazy paths 

that wind through the garden of Persephone。 

     Nothing   that   it   meets   with   in   that   eternal   land   astonishes   it   because�察�

unfettered     by   the   dense   conviction     of  our   waking     mind�察   �that  nought 

outside the ken of our own vision can in this universe be�察�all things to it 

are   possible   and   even   probable。      In   dreams�察  �we   fly   and   wonder   not 

except   that   we   never   flew   before。    We   go   naked�察  �yet   are   not   ashamed�察�

though we mildly wonder what the police are about that they do not stop 

us。    We converse with our dead�察�and think it was unkind that they did not 

come   back   to   us   before。    In   dreams�察  �there   happens   that   which   human 

language cannot tell。        In dreams�察�we see ;the light that never was on sea 

or land�察─�we hear the sounds that never yet were heard by waking ears。 



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     It is only in sleep that true imagination ever stirs within us。 Awake�察�we 

never   imagine   anything�察  �we   merely   alter�察  �vary�察  �or   transpose。   We           give 

another   twist   to   the   kaleidoscope   of   the   things   we   see   around   us�察  �and 

obtain another pattern�察�but not one of us has ever added one tiniest piece 

of new glass to the toy。 

     A  Dean   Swift   sees   one   race   of   people   smaller�察  �and   another   race   of 

people larger than the race of people that live down his own streets。 And 

he also   sees   a land where   the horses   take   the place   of   men。           A  Bulwer 

Lytton   lays   the   scene   of   one   of   his   novels   inside   the   earth   instead   of 

outside。      A  Rider   Haggard   introduces   us   to   a   lady   whose   age   is   a   few 

years more than the average woman would care to confess to�察�and pictures 

crabs larger than the usual shilling or eighteen´penny size。                     The number 

of so called imaginative writers who visit the moon is legion�察�and for all 

the   novelty   that   they   find�察  �when   they   get   there�察  �they   might   just   as   well 

have gone to Putney。          Others are continually drawing for us visions of the 

world     one    hundred     or  one   thousand      years   hence。     There     is  always    a 

depressing absence of human nature about the place�察�so much so�察�that one 

feels   great   consolation   in   the   thought�察  �while   reading�察  �that   we   ourselves 

shall be comfortably dead and buried   before the picture can be   realized。 

In   these   prophesied   Utopias   everybody   is   painfully   good   and   clean   and 

happy�察�and all the work is done by electricity。 

     There is somewhat too much electricity�察�for my taste�察�in these worlds 

to come。      One is reminded of those pictorial enamel´paint advertisements 

that one sees about so often now�察�in which all the members of an extensive 

household   are   represented   as   gathered   together   in   one   room�察  �spreading 

enamel´paint   over   everything   they   can   lay   their   hands   upon。           The   old 

man is on a step´ladder�察�daubing the walls and ceiling with ;cuckoo's´egg 

green�察─�while the parlor´maid and the cook are on their knees�察�painting the 

floor with ;sealing´wax red。;            The old lady is doing the picture frames in 

;terra cotta。; The eldest daughter and her young man are making sly love 

in a corner over a pot of ;high art yellow�察─�with which�察�so soon as they 

have   finished   wasting       their   time�察  �they   will�察  �it   is  manifest�察  �proceed    to 

elevate   the   piano。     Younger   brothers   and sisters   are   busy  freshening   up 

the chairs and tables with ;strawberry´jam pink ; and ;jubilee magenta。; 



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Every blessed thing in that room is being coated with enamel paint�察�from 

the sofa to   the fire´irons�察 �from the sideboard to the  eight´day clock。                    If 

there is any paint left over�察�it will be used up for the family Bible and the 

canary。 

     It   is   claimed   for   this   invention   that   a   little   child   can   make   as   much 

mess   with   it   as   can   a   grown´up   person�察  �and   so   all   the   children   of   the 

family are represented in the picture as hard at work�察�enameling whatever 

few   articles   of   furniture   and   household   use   the   grasping   selfishness   of 

their   elders   has   spared   to   them。   One   is   painting   the   toasting   fork   in   a 

;skim´milk   blue�察─  �while   another is   giving   aesthetical   value   to   the   Dutch 

oven   by   means   of   a     new   shade   of   art   green。    The   bootjack      is  being 

renovated in ;old gold�察─�and the baby is sitting on the floor�察�smothering its 

own cradle with ;flush´upon´a´maiden's cheek peach color。; 

     One     feels   that  the   thing   is  being    overdone。      That     family�察   �before 

another month is gone�察�will be among the strongest opponents of enamel 

paint that the century has produced。             Enamel paint will be the ruin of that 

once happy home。           Enamel paint has a cold�察�gla
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