Introduction --From deeper into the forest / Roy Daniells -- How Lizzie was shamed right through / Emily Carr -- Celebration / James L. Donoghue -- Make-Believe / Elizabeth Brewster -- Ann says her prayers / L.M. Montgomery -- Dream three: the child / Gwendolyn MacEwen -- From the boy I left behind me / Stephen Leacock -- The game / St-Denys Garneau -- I, Icarus / Alden Nowlan -- We liked animals better than people / Robert Thomas Allen -- Tudor King / Rudy Wiebe -- From truthfully yours / Angeline Hango -- Adolescence / P.K. Page -- Ride to the hill / Ron Taylor -- Red dress,1946 / Alice Munro -- The Upper Canadian / James Reaney -- The voice of the pools / Gabrielle Roy -- A boy's vigil and the first robin / Chippewa legend -- From the handicap / El Kleiman -- Celebration / Al Pittman -- From David Sterne / Marie-Claire Blais -- Girl and horse, 1928 / Margaret Atwood Provincial / Miriam Waddington -- Questions on the theme.