Dream 273

I was living in the house of someone very important in city government--the deputy mayor, perhaps.

One night, very late at night, his young daughter and I were looking out of the back porch when we saw a sudden glow in the distance.  It seemed to simultaneously emerge from the ground and pour from the sky.  We both knew this was worrisome--we were certain that some monstrous giant creature was about to emerge, and worse, it knew about both of us and would come for us.

We knew we had to leave the house quickly.  I wanted to protect her, but we agreed we should split up and go in opposite directions to halve the creature's attention.

We started heading toward the opposite ends of the city.  I stopped and made sure the door was closed but did not lock it.  She went right and I went left.

After a long time walking, I ran into the girl's father.  He was very skeptical of my story.  We headed back to the house and went inside.

Out through the back door, there was no sign of the activity I'd seen earlier.

I was certain what I'd seen, and what it portended.  He remained skeptical and dismissive.

He and I agreed to go off and search for his daughter.  Neither of us felt she was in any kind of danger, he just wanted to make sure she wasn't doing something she shouldn't be doing, like spending her allowance on candy.  We set off, and he locked the door behind him after I'd pointed out he left it open.

Unbeknownst to any of us, though, the monster was actually at another part of town.  A huge tanker truck was racing toward the Welsh border, and a smaller car was trying to edge around it because the driver feared the truck would overturn and block the border passage.  Both vehicles were going to reach the goal at the same time.