Commentary A child’s imagination is a powerful thing. Childlike innocence and wonder can transform mundane scenes into extraordinary events. This is what it means to see things through the eyes of a child. No one understood this better than Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. His first children’s book, “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” came out in 1937. It was about a boy named Marco who told his father an elaborate tale about what he saw while coming home from school. And what a tale it was! Among other things, Marco saw a blue elephant, a big brass band, several police officers, the mayor, an airplane dropping confetti, and a magician doing tricks. In reality, of course, all Marco saw was a horse and a wagon on Mulberry Street. Dr. Seuss’s story is a vivid depiction of the imagination of a child, with …
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