More than a year ago I wrote about how Smiley invented Far Away Land as the place where characters in stories live.
Back then "Eugene" was the real world and Far Away Land was inside Eugene, surrounded by a tall wooden wall so the wicked bad guys could not get out.
During the past year Smiley's internal sense of geography has developed. He now understands that the real world contains many places other than Eugene, included places like South America that are bigger than Eugene.
Today Smiley finally comprehended that Far Away Land is not in the real world. It is only pretend. It is not "on the same map" and we cannot get there by walking or by car, train, or airplane.
For a few minutes he was terribly disappointed. I could almost see his dreams of visiting Little Bear, Magalene, and Robin Hood crashing down. Then he brightened up and said, "All my dreams are in Far Away Land. When I dream I am there."
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