Sunday, March 11, 2007

The Dream

They say in dreams you enter another world built from your imagination, memories and experiences. I don't normally experience dreams but none that I had so far was as weird or even as enjoyable as this one. I was watching some kind of fantasy cartoon (in this dream I was a mere observer). A boy gets sucked into a world of fairy creatures and all kinds of monsters. He is caught up in a duel between two dragons- one was blue with red eyes, his names was Uliarat, or something like that, and I'm guessing he is the bad guy because he looks so mean. The other, presumably good dragon is fighting him, and is losing (can't remember what this dragon's name is). The good dragon asks the boy (I also don't know what is his name) to find some character named Papa Bear and get help. The boy is given directions and off he goes. Uliarat or whatever his name is breathes fire on the kid, but he is unharmed. He travels a long way calling for Papa Bear. He then meets a group of tree people (anthropomorphic trees). Seems like they are all nuts because they all claim to be Papa Bear. The boy ignores them and continues to a meadow. Actually there are two meadows, each in a different shade of green. He steps in the light green meadow first and hears a woman's voice (sounds evil). Afraid, he runs to the other meadow. Then he meets a talking beetle. The beetle tells him to stay away from the other meadow because a witch lives there. The boy asks the little bug where he can find Papa Bear. The beetle replies that Papa Bear went for a walk and is not home yet. The beetle invites the kid to wait in Papa Bear's house for him to come back. Apparently Papa Bear lives inside a cliff and the house is completely hidden from external view. Inside the cliff, the boy waits in a cosy living room for his host's return. After some time the Papa Bear comes along with his wife and son(yup the three bears). He is angry at first at the beetle for inviting the boy in the house(I gather that the beetle is a close friend because Papa Bear trusts him with his house). The boy asks Papa Bear for help. The grumpy bear refuses but eventually agrees when the boy make shim laugh. The boy tells of his encounter with the two dragons and how he didn't get burned by the blue dragon. Papa Bear now offers his 'help' which takes the form of some kind of training. The boy's first task is to balance an apple on his head, next to a cliff with a sheer drop. Two villains appear, a fat guy and his talking pet rat. They start singing a really funny song (sadly I can't remember the words) and then they perch themselves on a ledge above the boy. The boy is oblivious to their presence. The fat guy wants to kill the boy, for some reason. He lets his rat bite his hand and spills the blood near the cliff end. The boy, concentrating on balancing the apple does not see the blood. He slips on it and is about the fall off the cliff when my annoying sister wakes me up, ending my dream. I certainly would have liked to have that dream again and maybe see what happens next. Perhaps I will evolve those characters into an actual story. This must be a sign!!!! I just need to fill in the details. If that Narnia lookalike 'Bridge to Terebithia' and Eragon can be made into movies, I think I can succeed with this.

2 comments:

Lim Shenji said...

By the time the boy waits for Papa Bear to come back, the good dragon would be dead. By the time the boy finishes his training, the good Dragon will rot into bones. Anyway, your dream was an interesting one.

Nicholas said...

Wow. I never have dreams this complicated. Usually they're about me being in school, then I wake up and realise that I have to repeat the dream in real life.