Who sits next to you at school ?--George Williams .-- George Williams?
Is he a good boy ?--Yes, he's a very good boy .-- I am glad you have a good boy, and one that is kind to you, to sit by you.

That must be very pleasant." And so on, as long as the child is interested in listening.
Or, "What is your name, my little girl ?--My name is Lucy .-- That's a pretty name! And where do you live ?--I live in that house under the trees .-- Ah! I see the house.

And where is your room in that house ?--My room is the one where you see the window open .-- I see it.

What have you got in your room ?--I have a bed, and a table by the window; and I keep my doll there.

I have got a cradle for my doll, and a little trunk to keep her clothes in.
And I have got--" The mother may go on in this way, and describe a great number and variety of objects in the room, such as are calculated to interest and please the little listener.
It is the pleasurable exercise of some dawning faculty or faculties acting through embryo organs of the brain, by which the mind can picture to itself, more or less vividly, unreal scenes, which is the source of the enjoyment in such cases as this.
A child may be still more interested, perhaps, by imaginary conversations of this kind with pictures of animals, and by varying the form of them in such a way as to call a new set of mental faculties into play; as, for example, "Here is a picture of a squirrel.