sentences:  Through this forced dialogue with Johnny telling the story, Ned and Helen become aware how their separation affects Johnny, who wishes to remain in a world in which his parents are together.Helen then sings to Johnny the song that she sang before he sleeps every night (the lyric of this song is a poem by Heinrich Heine).During the song, the audience sees a close-up of the music-playing carousel, a ceramic music box merry-go-round that we saw at the beginning of the film with the first bed-time story.