We shall first consider a few examples of very peculiar or unusual methods of representation in the dream. The dream of a lady is as follows: _A servant girl is standing on a ladder as though to clean the windows, and has with her a chimpanzee and a gorilla cat_ (later corrected—angora cat). _She throws the animals at the dreamer; the chimpanzee cuddles up to her, and this is disgusting to her._ This dream has accomplished its purpose by the simplest possible means, namely by taking a mere mode of speech literally and representing it according to the meaning of its words. “Ape,” like the names of animals in general, is an epithet of opprobrium, and the situation of the dream means nothing but “_to hurl invectives_.” This same collection will soon furnish us with further examples of the use of this simple artifice. Another dream proceeds in a very similar manner: _A woman with a child that has a conspicuously deformed cranium; the dreamer has heard that the child got into this condition owing to its position in its mother’s womb. The doctor says that the cranium might be given a better shape by means of compression, but that would harm the brain. She thinks that because it is a boy it won’t suffer so much from deformity._ This dream contains a plastic representation of the concept: “_Childish impressions_,” which the dreamer has heard of in the course of explanations concerning the treatment. In the following example, the dream activity enters upon a different path. The dream contains a recollection of an excursion to the Hilmteich, near Graz: _There is a terrible storm outside; a miserable hotel—the water is dripping from the walls, and the beds are damp._ (The latter part of the content is less directly expressed than I give it.) The dream signifies “_superfluous_.” The abstract idea occurring in the dream thoughts is first made equivocal by a certain straining of language; it has, perhaps, been replaced by “overflowing” or by “fluid” and “super-fluid (-fluous)” and has then been given representation by an accumulation of like impressions. Water within, water without, water in the beds in the form of dampness—everything fluid and “super” fluid. That, for the purposes of the dream representation, the spelling is much less regarded than the sound of words ought not surprise us when we remember that rhyme exercises similar privileges.