CHAPTER VII
HOW TO REMEMBER A STORY
WHILE reading Charles Dickens' pathetic and touching story, A Child's Dream of a Star, look closely at the framework. You will then perceive that the story is arranged in the form of a play, being divided into scenes. The first scene tells of the two children; the second, of the death of the little girl and the entrance of her spirit into the star; the third, of the death of the newly born babe and his going to the star; the fourth, of the death of the mother and her reunion with her children in the star; the fifth, of the passing from earth into the star of the maiden daughter; the sixth, of the death of
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