A Few Years Ago I Had the Following Dream (313-325) Summary and Analysis

A few years ago David had a dream. In the dream, he was six years old once again. There was a house with a garden and a high enclosing wall, and he was the only person who lived in the house. He never went out because he was too afraid. Instead, he would use a toy car to play and go outside.

One day he sneezed, and the toy car fell into some water. The only way he could get his car back again was to leave his house. He heard a sound and looked over the garden wall for the first time, seeing an old building. Someone was sweeping the past from his house to the other place. He realized that the...