Sentence:  Finally I must have drifted off, because I dreamt we were in a terrible frightening place – there was a giant, standing on a hill, looking down at us. But then a <WSD>cherub</WSD> came to rescue me – it must have been that <WSD>cherub</WSD> in stone that Papa promised to carve for me. I remember feeling safe then, and after that I slept soundly all night. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An artistic depiction of such a being, typically in the form of a winged child or a child's head with wings but no body.