The Dream Coach [Illustration] THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO [Illustration] _The_ DREAM COACH FARE: FORTY WINKS COACH LEAVES EVERY NIGHT FOR NO ONE KNOWS WHERE * * AND HERE IS TOLD HOW A PRINCESS, A LITTLE CHINESE EMPEROR, A FRENCH BOY & A NORWEGIAN BOY TOOK TRIPS IN THIS GREAT COACH* BY ANNE AND DILLWYN PARRISH * * WITH PICTURES & A MAP _by_ THE AUTHORS NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY * * * * * * * MCMXXIV * * COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1924. _Printed in the United States of America_ To EVERETT AND ROLAND JACKSON CONTENTS PAGE THE DREAM COACH 3 THE SEVEN WHITE DREAMS OF THE KING’S LITTLE DAUGHTER 9 GORAN’S DREAM 29 A BIRD CAGE WITH TASSELS OF PURPLE AND PEARLS 59 (Three Dreams of a Little Chinese Emperor) “KING” PHILIPPE’S DREAM 87 [Illustration] THE DREAM COACH If you have been unhappy all the day, Wait patiently until the night: When in the sky the gentle stars are bright The Dream Coach comes to carry you away. [Illustration] Great Coach, great Coach, how fat and bright your sides, To please the child who rides! Painted with funny men—see that one’s hose, How blue! How red and long is that one’s nose! And under this one’s arm a flapping cock! [Illustration] Great dandelions tell us what o’clock With silver globe much bigger than the moon—— Dream Coach, come soon! Come soon! [Illustration]