The Couple
Who Kept Trying to Dream the Same Thing
Once there was a married couple who were trying to
dream the same thing. At night, they went to sleep
half on top of each other, like slices of bacon in a
package. They whispered in each other's ears
"Dream that we are on a trapeze" or
"Dream about a factory."
Night after night, however, they failed to have the
same dream. They woke in the morning and asked,
"Were you wearing a red hat?" "Did you
see me in the doorway?"
One
morning the wife opened her eyes and embraced her
husband, certain that they had achieved their goal at
last. "Do you remember," she said, "we
were riding giraffes."
"I dreamed about pancakes in the shape of zoo
animals," her husband answered.
"Close enough," said the wife.
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