Explain the story of charles dicken's dream children
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Children like to hear about their elders when they were children. So, our author’s children sat around him to listen to the stories of childhood of their great grand-mother Field. She lived in a great house in Norfolk. The most interesting fact about this house was that the whole story of ‘the Children in the Wood’ was carved in wood upon the chimney-piece of the great hall. But later this was replaced by a marble chimney piece by a rich person. Great grandmother Field was not the real owner of the house but due to her behaviour, manners and her great religious devotions she was respected by everyone. She, however, used the house as if it were her own. But later, the ornaments were taken off from the house to the real owner’s home, which was in the adjoining country. When Mrs. Field died, her funeral was attended by both the poor and the rich. Men from many miles around came to show their respect for memory. She was indeed a very gentle-hearted and pious person. She knew the Psalms by heart and also a great part of the Testament.
Lamb then began telling them about their great grandmother’s youth; when she was regarded as the best dancer in the country. But she was attacked by cancer, and that desisted her from dancing any further. Her good spirits, however, could not be broken, and she continued to be religious and kind hearted. She used to sleep by herself in a desolate chamber of that great house. She thought that she saw two apparitions of infants at midnight, but she was sure that were good creatures and would not hurt her. She was also very kind to her grandchildren, who went to her during holidays. Lamb himself used to spend hours in gazing upon old busts of the Emperors of Rome. He used to roam around the large silent rooms of that huge house and looked through the worn-out hangings, fluttering tapestry, and carved oaken panels. He also used to hang about the garden, gazing at the trees and flowers. He was satisfied thus roaming about, and preferred this to the sweet flavours of peaches, nectarines, and such common habits of children.