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•and spontaneous talk as much as possible. The following extract 

 shows some of the different interests and activities due to sex. After 

 his dinner at noon 2 (b.) began thus: 



"Papa come upstairs and build with Sammy. Fix Sammy big fid (die). 

 S. will fix big one. S. want only — S. want Mama, one lady and one man. Oh 

 Anna, S. see Bannie (made-up word). No, no, S. going to build little house 

 for children. No wood — build with stone ones. No, S. want these. Put those 

 in closet. S. want new (blocks). P. get some. Little P. get little S. Want 

 some. No, S. will let S. S. going make pretty nice fairy houses. This going 

 be little house down here, so can't get out. This tiny one can't get out, — get out. 

 and get in. And that down there, — that there down beside and that, that side- 

 arch. S. going to build nice, nice fairy house. Mama, when P. was little P. 

 did hump, hump (laughing). Yes. S. thought he was Bannie, Bannie. 

 (Pause playing with stone blocks alone). S. has to finish with these blocks. 

 S. need old block — S. need old block. No, no, no, that little boy, — little boy. 

 He going to go thro here. That S. mat. This does take all block. There P. 

 big fid. S. don't see P. big fid. S. have to play, — have to play. S. have to 

 put P. big fid,— P. Fiedelbogen. Yes. What this? S. want,— Hilde, H. H. 

 (the four months' sister getting into his things). This little boy S. will give H. 

 S. want that whip. S. going to get green Decke. Don't put Dick baby on 

 (repeated). Little boy, — No, No, — S. want that little boy. H. did take little 

 boy. Is'nt something to eat, H. No, No, but S. want, — H., H., H., want. Take 

 H. H. don't want. This for H. S. can suck. Oh, there baby, — isn't down on 

 floor. Take H., — take H. Don't take, — here boy, here boy. Oh, some (nonsense 

 syllables). Yes. Mama now S. Oh, here was hat. S. found hat, — S. found 

 boy hat. Shan't we, P.? No, S. won't come up till P. come up. S. got block 

 lean over. P. now come up. M., don't get on S. block. S. got blocks lean 

 over. P. build with S. P. build fountain-house. S. have to build. P. long 

 one, P. Now P. build with S. P., now S. P. know those go down there, — 

 belong. No, S. will put arch up there. P. build with those. Put other arch up 

 there. P. build with S. Now take this block and build down there, — now put 

 across there. H., — why, why, H! Take that H. P. now take this. P. now, 

 — Oh, build P. No, No, No, that arch down here. No, No, — Oh, S. will give 

 H. rubber doll. There H. Now P. sit down, — H. got rubber doll." 



It is astonishing how this activity keeps up to the end of the day 

 and how the child struggles against fatigue and sleepiness. After 

 having looked at his Brownie book in bed awhile S. was laid down by 

 his mother to be sung to sleep as usual and the gas was turned down. 

 Whereat he said : 



" S. can't see — S. can't see. P. now give S. some more paper to write on, two 

 more and that will be all. Sammylein, Hildelein, Mamalein, Dicklein, and 

 that will be all. S. can't see. (Repeated five times and seven Nos.) Yes, S. 

 want drink. Now P. drink some, — now S. want 'nother drink. Now don't 

 write M. S. is'nt getting tired, This Water Baby. Why? Go way up to that 

 corner. S. don't want to. S. is'nt sleepy. S. got jelly glass at S. house. M., 

 don't turn down gas, don't, don't don't. Where P. go? No, No. (Finally 

 weakening he says) S. want go S. bed. S. want green Decke. S. want S. 

 pictures. M. sing some Schub(ert). Was this right way? No, this was 

 wrong way. M., this right way? (Adjusting his beloved green Decke) This 



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