A Horrible Nightmare
"Don't eat just before going to bed !"
My mother used to tell me. "You might get a horrible nightmare."
How right she was. I never believed her until it happened to me.
It was on a night when I felt hungry just as I was about to go to
bed. So I made myself a peanut-butter sandwich and a large cold
glass of milk. After consuming them I went to bed.
Soon I"drifted off"into a troubled sleep. I dreamt that I was with a
group of people looking for an old woman. I was not sure why we
were looking for her but we all seemed afraid of her. Somehow we
had to find her. So there I was,"searching high and low"for her in
frightful places I had never been before. Sometimes I seemed to be
flying while at other times I seemed unable to move. The whole
atmosphere was one of fear, like a dreadful horror-movie in which I
was a victim.
After some searching I entered a darkened room and saw a figure
sleeping on a bed. As I got nearer the figure suddenly threw away
the blanket, got up and stared at me. It was an ugly old woman
with shiny golden teeth. She raised her claw-like fingers and
walked towards me.
I wanted to run but was unable to. I tried to scream but found that
I could not. In horror I struggled and struggled to get away from
the frightful woman.
The next moment I gave a"muffled"yell and found myself panting
on my bed. My goodness, what a horrible nightmare it was! For a
minute or so I lay on my bed not daring to close my eyes for fear of
falling asleep again and continuing the nightmare. Then I sat up on
my bed until the horrible feeling passed. From then on I never eat
just before going to sleep.