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Thomases        of   psychology�察     �who     are   prone    to   scoff�察  �and   who     would 

otherwise surely say that the coherence of my dreams is due to overstudy 

and   the   subconscious   projection   of   my   knowledge   of   evolution   into   my 

dreams。       In   the   first  place�察  �I  have   never    been    a  zealous    student。     I 



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graduated   last   of   my  class。     I   cared   more   for   athletics�察  �andthere   is   no 

reason I should not confess itmore for billiards。 

     Further�察    �I  had   no   knowledge       of  evolution     until  I  was    at  college�察�

whereas in my childhood and youth I had already lived in my dreams all 

the   details   of   that   other�察  �long´ago   life。  I   will   say�察  �however�察  �that   these 

details   were   mixed   and   incoherent   until   I   came   to   know   the   science   of 

evolution。      Evolution was the key。           It gave the explanation�察�gave sanity 

to   the   pranks   of   this   atavistic   brain   of   mine   that�察  �modern   and   normal�察�

harked back to a past so remote as to be contemporaneous with the raw 

beginnings of mankind。 

     For in this past I know of�察�man�察�as we to´day know him�察�did not exist。 

It was in the period of his becoming that I must have lived and had my 

being。 



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                              CHAPTER III 



       The commonest dream of my early childhood was something like this�此�

It seemed that I was very small and that I lay curled up in a sort of nest of 

twigs and boughs。 Sometimes I was lying on my back。 In this position it 

seemed   that   I   spent   many   hours�察  �watching   the   play   of   sunlight   on   the 

foliage and the   stirring of   the leaves by  the   wind。        Often   the nest   itself 

moved back and forth when the wind was strong。 

     But    always�察   �while    so   lying   in  the   nest�察  �I  was   mastered     as   of 

tremendous   space   beneath   me。        I   never   saw   it�察  �I   never   peered   over   the 

edge of the nest to see�察�but I KNEW and feared that space that lurked just 

beneath me and that ever threatened me like a maw of some all´devouring 

monster。 

     This   dream�察  �in   which   I   was   quiescent   and   which   was   more   like   a 

condition than an experience of action�察�I dreamed very often in my early 

childhood。      But    suddenly�察   �there   would    rush   into  the  very   midst    of  it 

strange forms and ferocious happenings�察�the thunder and crashing of storm�察�

or unfamiliar landscapes such as in my wake´a´day life I had never seen。 

The result was confusion and nightmare。              I could comprehend nothing of 

it。   There was no logic of sequence。 

     You   see�察  �I   did   not   dream   consecutively。  One   moment   I   was   a   wee 

babe of the Younger World lying in my tree nest�察�the next moment I was a 

grown man of the Younger World locked in combat with the hideous Red´ 

Eye�察�and the next moment I was creeping carefully down to the water´hole 

in   the   heat   of   the   day。 Events�察  �years   apart   in   their   occurrence   in   the 

Younger World�察�occurred with me within the space of several minutes�察�or 

seconds。 

     It was all a jumble�察�but this jumble I shall not inflict upon you。 It was 

not until I was a young man and had dreamed many thousand times�察�that 

everything straightened out and became clear and plain。                 Then it was that 

I got the clew of time�察�and was able to piece together events and actions in 

their   proper   order。  Thus   was   I   able   to   reconstruct   the   vanished Younger 

World as it was at the time I lived in itor at the time my other´self lived 

in it。   The distinction does not matter�察�for I�察�too�察�the modern man�察�have 



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gone back and lived that early life in the company of my other´self。 

     For your convenience�察�since this is to be no sociological screed�察�I shall 

frame together the different events into a comprehensive story。                  For there 

is   a   certain   thread   of   continuity  and   happening that   runs   through   all   the 

dreams。      There is my friendship with Lop´Ear�察�for instance。               Also�察�there 

is the enmity of Red´Eye�察�and the love of the Swift One。                  Taking it all in 

all�察�a fairly coherent and interesting story I am sure you will agree。 

     I   do   not   remember      much     of  my    mother。     Possibly     the   earliest 

recollection I have of herand certainly the sharpestis the following�此�It 

seemed I was lying on the ground。             I was somewhat older than during the 

nest days�察�but still helpless。       I rolled about in the dry leaves�察�playing with 

them and making crooning�察�rasping noises in my throat。                    The sun shone 

warmly and I was happy�察�and comfortable。                 I was in a little open space。 

Around me�察�on all sides�察�were bushes and fern´like growths�察�and overhead 

and all about were the trunks and branches of forest trees。 

     Suddenly   I   heard     a   sound。   I   sat   upright   and   listened。   I   made   no 

movement。        The   little   noises   died   down   in   my   throat�察  �and   I   sat   as   one 

petrified。    The sound drew closer。          It was like the grunt of a pig。        Then 

I began to hear the sounds caused by the moving of a body through the 

brush。     Next I saw the ferns agitated by the passage of the body。                 Then 

the ferns parted�察�and I saw gleaming eyes�察�a long snout�察�and white tusks。 

     It was a wild boar。       He peered at me curiously。           He grunted once or 

twice and shifted his weight from one foreleg to the other�察�at the same time 

moving his head from side to side and swaying the ferns。                    Still I sat as 

one   petrified�察  �my   eyes   unblinking   as   I   stared   at   him�察  �fear   eating   at   my 

heart。 

     It seemed that this movelessness and silence on my part was what was 

expected of me。        I was not to cry out in the face of fear。         It was a dictate 

of instinct。    And so I sat there and waited for I knew not what。               The boar 

thrust the ferns aside and stepped into the open。 The curiosity went out of 

his    eyes�察  �and    they   gleamed      cruelly。    He     tossed    his   head    at  me 

threateningly and advanced a step。           This he did again�察�and yet again。 

     Then I screamed。。。or shriekedI cannot describe it�察�but it was a shrill 

and terrible cry。     And it seems that it�察�too�察�at this stage of the proceedings�察�



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was the thing expected of me。           From not far away came an answering cry。 

My   sounds   seemed   momentarily   to   disconcert   the   boar�察  �and   while   he 

halted and shifted his weight with indecision�察�an apparition burst upon us。 

     She was like a large orangutan�察�my mother�察�or like a chimpanzee�察�and 

yet�察�in sharp and definite ways�察�quite different。             She was heavier of build 

than   they�察  �and   had   less   hair。 Her   arms   were   not   so   long�察  �and   her   legs 

were stouter。      She wore no clothesonly her natural hair。              And I can tell 

you she was a fury when she was excited。 

     And like a fury she dashed upon the scene。              She was gritting her teeth�察�

making   frightful   grimaces�察  �snarling�察  �uttering   sharp   and   continuous   cries 

that   sounded     like  ;kh´ah�    �kh´ah� ─   �So   sudden   and     formidable     was   her 

appea

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