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The narrator, represented by a pale blue silhouette on a swing, listens to soft noises: kites fluttering, a bee buzzing, etc. As sounds get louder, the font size increases until huge imaginary noises ("elephants stampeding," "volcano exploding") take over. "I must have been dreaming." Sophisticated design employs Victorian-looking images and modern, color-saturated shapes against expansive white space. A treat for the senses.