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1. I had a frightening dream last night. I dreamed that I was walking high up on a railroad trestle.
2-3. It looked like the one I used to walk on when I was about 10 years old.
4. At that height, my palms were sweating, just as they did when I was a boy.
5. I could see the ground out of the corners of my eyes. I felt a swooning, sickening sensation.
6. Suddenly, I realized there were rats below, thousands upon thousands of rats.
7-8. They knew I was up on the trestle, and they were laughing because they were sure they would get me.
9-10. Their teeth glinted in the moonlight. Their red eyes were like thousands of small reflectors that almost blinded my sight.
11. Sensing that there was something even more hideous behind me, I kept moving forward.
12. Then I realized that I was coming to a gap in the trestle. I knew there was no way I could stop or go back. I would have to cross over that empty gap.
13-14-15. I jumped in despair, knowing I would never make it, and felt myself falling helplessly down to the swarm of rejoicing rats.
16-17. I woke up covered in sweat, half expecting to find a rat in my bed.
18. I realized then I should not watch scary television shows before I go to bed.
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