Listen: Where do dreams come from?

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Where do dreams come from? - Winifred, age 4, Selby, Victoria.

Going to sleep is like putting a computer into “sleep” mode. The computer is not completely switched off, it just is not working as hard. When we go into sleep mode, we can rest and save our energy but we don’t fully turn ourselves off.

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