Dream a dream

By Rui Chen

There is a famous Chinese saying goes like long night brings about dreams(Ye chang meng duo in Chinese).

As a child, it is often the case that I have to be reconciled to the dreams, even the nightmares. At that time, I was a moving boy that you can find me settled down to read a long book, even the classic literature. All I can be attracted by are some legendary short stories excerpt from one's autobiography, like the famous Norway's national hero Roald Amundse with his English competitor. Also there is a series of fourteen short stories named Adventure Series by Willard Price, which depicts the wonderful adventure experience encountered by the two teenage zoologists Hal and Roger Hunt all over the world. They did not only broaden my scope and knowledge, but also inspire me to explore more on the fancy and unknown things. You know, that is a kid's nature.

With some blur and opaque ideas of deaths(I do not know how I exactly get in touch with the DEATH concept, but I am actually frightened by a disease at around nine years old), I am aware I may go to the same fate cycle sooner or later. So nightmares become a shadow in my mind, especially I have to move to my own bedroom at almost the same year. My parents know that one day I have to face my own problem, and sleeping alone is just a small trial. But something just starts to happen, the wired ideas brought about the ghosts and witches when all the lights go black. That's probably the first tough time in my life. Every night I have to be reconciled to the nightmares. I do not know why I had so many bad dreams then. But I just didn't like them much; it seems I was always the prey by the various enemies. Even after I can try my best to find the best place, or I can use the superpower to jump the multiple storeys, I was still definitely chased. By then, I got totally kicked out and was awake in stirring mood.

It was just a dream. Like any other kids would told themselves after nightmares, I did comfort myself once and once again. But out of a sudden, I came up with a great idea that I should become one of them so that they may not pay great attention to this nobody. It really works. The nightmares would not become a serious problem since then.

That's just the first expressive touch with dreams during my childhood.