Ballantyne’s exit from the dream space is abrupt, caused either by being jostled away by Dr. Brulov or by the climate of his anxiety upon being chased over the edge of the cliff by the strange winged creature. The end of the dream is thus full of anxiety and fear – like the conclusion to Alice’s stay in wonderland or Joseph’s rapid flight from the beastly man-dog at the sanatorium. Though awake, the recollection of the dream produces a heightened state of sensitivity for Ballantyne and a view out the window onto a little hill where children are sledding produces a hysterical reaction, ending with a fainting spell. The linkage between the imagery in Ballantyne’s dream and the reaction to the sight of the sledding hill provides Dr. Peterson with the first pieces of the puzzle. She is able to begin translating the symbolic story into a real one.