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"Dr. Seuss," she said.

"ThatТs not always soothing," my husband
said, obviously remembering how the
HouseТs Cat in the Hat program gave Kally
a terror of anything feline.

"It is to Susan," I said gently, reminding
him. In her third year, she played Green
Eggs and Ham all night, the HouseТs voice
droning on and on, making me thankful that
our room was at the opposite end of the
hall.

But she was three no longer, and she
hadnТt wanted Dr. Seuss for years. The
dream had really frightened her.

"If you have any more trouble, baby," my
husband said to her, "you come and get us,
all right?"

She nodded. He squeezed her hands, then I
picked her up and carried her to bed. My
husband pulled back the covers. Susan
clung to me as I eased her down. "Will I
go back there if I close my eyes?" she
asked.

"No," I said. "YouТll listen to House and
sleep deeply. And if you dream at all,
itТll be about nice things, like sunshine
on flowers, and the lake in summertime."

"Promise?" she asked, her voice quavering.

"Promise," I said. Then I removed her
hands from my neck and kissed each of them
before putting them on the coverlet. I
kissed her forehead. My husband did the
same, and as we were leaving, she was
ordering up the House reading program.

As I pulled the door closed, I saw the
opening images of Green Eggs and Ham
flicker across the wall.

The next morning, everything seemed fine.
When I came down to breakfast, the chef