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Richard was lively and looked happy. He had come a few minutes early and was waiting. He said he had not brought the fleet—it should have a rest—and mentioned that he had had no dreams. He was eager to draw and started at once. As usual at the beginning of a session, he asked whether Mrs K. had heard anything about an R.A.F. raid. He showed her that on his drawing the station was called ‘Roseman’. There were various railway tracks drawn in the same manner as in Drawing 38, leading to different towns, but they all had to pass the station ‘Roseman’. One of the towns was his home town. As soon as he had finished the sleepers (represented by vertical lines) the trains would be able to come in. At that moment he noticed Mr Smith passing by, went to the window, waved to him, and Mr Smith waved back. He then spoke of ‘nice Mr Smith’. He asked Mrs K. whether ‘those girls’ had already passed, saw them coming and watched them go by.… Richard said his father was arriving this afternoon; he was very glad and was looking forward to it. He was going with his mother to meet Daddy at the station: it would be ‘great fun.’
Mrs K. interpreted that the station ‘Roseman’ represented the nice father who had an attractive penis—the rose. Fishing together and the ‘great fun’ also meant that he wished to have a sexual