Dreams
Did you ever have this experience as a little kid? You have a dream that you are in the bathroom peeing, and wake up to find yourself in the wet bed. Well, I did.
Yesterday, fifth graders were enjoying talking about bed-wetting. They were amused to know they'd had similar experiences of wetting their bed after having those dreams.
Feeling amused as well, I approached them and asked this funny boy nicknamed "Ben," "When was the last time you wet the bed?" To which he answered, "It's when I was in third grade." He's a truthful kid.
Then, he said he had had a "prophetic dream."
"I dreamed about going skiing. In the dream, I fell down. After having the dream, I actually went skiing. I looked around, and purposely fell down to make the dream a prophetic one!"
Come on.
You'll be a big shot in the future, Ben.
Comments
Thankfully, thankfully, I've always managed to wake up right before actually peeing. Gawd, how awful would that be if I didn't? =)
Posted by: CC | October 4, 2003 12:32 PM
You lucky thing! ;)
Posted by: Kiyo | October 4, 2003 1:38 PM
I like the story about the prophetic dream, that sounds crazy/eccentric enough to be something I'd do :)
Posted by: pketh | October 4, 2003 1:59 PM
Ben sounds a clever lad indeed!
I've not had this experience myself, but I've heard if you put a sleeping person hand in warm water, you will make them pee. Wonder how true that is.
Posted by: Rae | October 7, 2003 1:54 PM
I've heard that also Rae, although I've never tried it and don't understand the logic behind it
Posted by: pketh | October 8, 2003 8:43 AM
Very interesting. Rae's from Australia, and pketh Canada. :)
When I was a kid, I heard that if you played with fire at night, you would wet your bed the next morning.
Posted by: Kiyo | October 9, 2003 3:48 PM