Children watch, dreams dissolve in foam.

Meaning: This sentence conveys the sense of disappointment and loss felt by children as they watch their sandcastle being destroyed by the waves, with their dreams and hopes for the sandcastle fading away like foam.

Choice of Words: Children are young people, and Watch means to look at something with attention. Dreams are thoughts or images that occur in the mind during sleep, and Dissolve means to gradually disappear or fade away. Foam is the white substance formed on the surface of a liquid, especially when agitated.

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