Interesting things take place with people in their sleep.
Yes, exactly in the sleep. While sleeping we do incredible things confess in love, travel to different countries, study to fly, find lost, learn unknown ― easy doing all that needs a lot of afforded to be done in the real life.
Our dream comes back to life in our sleep. That secret dream about which we forget in everyday routine. The time we wake up with a smile on our lips and with a small regret say: "Ah, what a pity, that this was only a dream...". Yes, a dream, but what a real one!
This is how everything was.
It was a quiet winter evening. The fluffy white flakes of snow, spinning in the soft goldish light of street lanterns, lay down on earth as a white sparkling carpet. Under the feet of rare passers-by it was quietly squeaking.
In such evenings it is desirable to sit down in an armchair in front of a television set, wrapped up in the warm checked plaid and, watch a good and kind film, holding a mug of hot fragrant tea in the hands. That"s how, after watching a Christmas comedy I fell asleep in my favorite green arm-chair.
My awakening was very pleasant. The green young stem of grass tickled my nose. I sneezed, sweetly stretched and yawned.
― Bless you! ― I heard under my nose.
― Thank you! ― I answered automatically and then jumped up, looking around with a great surprise.
The rustle of leaves was heard around, and somewhere nearby a small river was running... A small river?! From where there is a small river here?! I stood in a park. Nearby really flowed the small river, and the green blossoming trees rocked on wind. The grass and scrubs were accurately cut, and the paths which were laid out by small colorful stones shone from purity. From where then the voice was distributed?
― Hey! Is anybody here? ― I asked.
― But who do you need? ― rustled under my feet.
― Well, nice... first, began hallucinations and now the jamb of pink elephants. will rush past in the sky ― I thought aloud.
― Do not know on the account of elephants, but look around - this is all real. And, by the way, leave off, please, do not trample me down! Get off on a path.
I jumped off a lawn and heard after:
― Look, what a nervous one! Haven"t seen a grass or what! ― the part of lawn crushed by me became straight and shaken off, as if it was a dog.
― I"m crazy. Definitely! ― I thought with melancholy, ― Here, I am already speaking with grass. So, what shell I do farther?
All roads were leading to the wonderful marble structure, looking like a palace. Exactly! It is! It is a real royal palace, there was even a royal balcony with an emblem. Only one thing... where from there is in our little town a real royal palace? And I do not remember falling asleep in a royal park. Suddenly, someone grasped my hand. I turned around and saw two tall guards. They were looking at me with some surprise:
― How did you get here, fellow, and who are you?
I started giggling nervously and answered:
― Well, just woke up here, talked with a grass. And will you tell me where am I?
One of the guards poked the other in, nodding on my sport shirt.
― Hey, look! It"s HE! ― the first one said.
― Exactly! It is necessary somewhat quicker take Him to the king! ― the second consented and they, neatly took me under an elbow and led in a palace.
― Um...Guys, you must have taken me for someone else!
― Don"t worry, our Dragon will deal with everything. ― they exchanged glances.
― It is not necessary! I am not even delicious! ― I made a protest, but they only began to laugh and led me through a wide corridor to the large oak door, which, as it appeared, was leading to the main hall.
Doors swung open and I was pushed in a beautifully furnished hall. Mirrors hung in the gilded frame on high marble walls. In one of them I saw the reflection: the tousled young man, with black disobedient hair and grey surprised eyes, in a sport shirt and sporting trousers which I so not took off after training, when I tired came home.
― Hello, Hero! ― a laughter was heard from the depth of the hall.
I passed on a red carpet to the rising, where a throne was and my feet became wadding. Dragon! A real dragon! And what a large one! On that rising, a giant platinum dragon lay coiled up, as though getting off from the picture of some fantastic book. And why am I surprised, if even a grass is talking? What a strange dream
― Hello, ― I greeted and just in case stepped back a couple of steps.
― No need to be afraid, ― a dragon smiled, - You are in fact the famous Hero from Prophecy.
― What prophecy? ― I was surprised.
― Why? "He will appear here from nowhere, He will return to us lost, He will be seventh.", et cetera and other things like that. It is an ancient and great Prophecy, ― Dragon said, ― And you are that Seventh Hero and you will return my lost daughter Sunny to me! By the way, say your name.
― My name is Max, but you took me for somebody else, I am not a hero! I... ― I stumbled.
The dragon pointed his claw on my sport shirt. Well certainly! How could I forget! A sport shirt in which I went for training was with a number seven, I bought it when I was keen on football.
― But I am definitely not a her.... ― the dragon, however, now already not a dragon, but a little old man in a royal clothing, gently pushed me into before unnoticed pentagram on the floor.
― Do not be surprised, dragons are able to turn into people, ― he chuckled, ― Come, come now. This portal will send you straight to Sunny, it is set right to her aura. We believe in you!
And I thought that in fact it was just a dream so, I decided and took a step in this pentagram.
Everything around me went dark, and when I focused my sight again, I saw grey stone walls, covered with a hoarfrost and thin crust of ice. Looks like a cave. A mountain cave. Even in my sleep I trembled, it was very comfortable here. The giant block of ice, in the centre of which I saw a little silver dragon, stood straight in the middle of this cave. It must be her, this must be Sunny, but why is she here? How did she appear to be stuck in the giant block of ice?
I heard heavy steps behind, turned around and appeared face to face with an icy giant. He rose above me for a meter or so.
― And who are you here? ― a giant was surprised.
― A Hero! ― I put foot in my mouth.
― A Hero?! ― this huge icy thing burst out laughing. ― And what do you what here, "hero"?
― Well, I came after daughter of the king.
― Oh, so you are after this little dragon? ― he nodded on an icy block. ― Well, take her away, if you are able to, because I do not need her here. When I stole her, I thought that now there would be someone to entertain me, and instead my head simply began to ache because of Sunny, and that"s why I freezed her a bit.
― And can you unfreeze her?
― No, ― a giant shook his head, ― I froze her, when I was very angry, but you are a funny guy, you are a "hero", so you can think something out. Listen here, if you make me laugh then the spell will be just gone.
All right, I decided, I will think something out. If we need to unfreeze her then we will, even if for this purpose it is needed just make a giant laugh. I will begin, perhaps, from anecdotes, from the simplest one.
Neither stories about comedians nor anecdotes about fairy-tale heroes, nothing could make this huge giant really laugh. The numerous jokes transferred by me from television also did not gain any success. I was already ready to surrender, when suddenly, my mobile set the signal about discharging of the battery.
― What is that? ― a giant asked surprised, looking over the phone I got from a pocket.
― It is a mobile phone, ― I smiled, stretching out a telephone to him, on the screen a mad squirrel was rushing from one corner to another, my favorite cartoon wallpaper.
― Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! ― a giant began to laugh. ― What an extraordinary beast with such huge crazy eyes?! What a joke! Ha-ha-ha!
I"ve been shocked and just watched how this huge ice man was laughing out and how with the quiet hissing the icy block began to unfreeze. Instead of the expected dragon, a cute maiden took off from there, with a pretty face and long, constantly changing it"s, color hair. She rushed by like a hurricane in the cave, making everything around upside down. A giant jumped back a pair of steps and pinned the mobile to himself:
― Okay, so she is unfroze, take her away from here. I do not want the new attack of headache. And leave me this mobile phone, I will try to find the same squirrel and I will have a pet like this wild animal. It will cheer me up ― he said dreamily.
― All right, ― I consented easily. ― Let"s go, Sunny! Your dad is already waiting for you!
― And are you the Hero? ― she asked.
― Aha, ― I nodded, ― My name is Max.
― Thank you, ― the girl said, ― Thank you, for that made me free.
She gave me a smacking kiss to a cheek and turned into a small silver dragon.
― Goodbye, ― a giant said and went deep into his cave
Little dragon sneezed and, mumbling some abracadabra, twined a tail round my hand. Light round me went dark again, the same sense of transfer and we were again in a palace again.
― Dad! ― Sunny shouted gladly and rushed like a silver lightning to the Dragon who was smiling happily.
― Thank you, Max, for that returned my daughter, ― king said. ― Ask me for everything, what you could only wish ― I will do everything.
― No problem, your majesty! Not at all! ― I smiled. ― I was glad to help.
Sunny turned to a wonderful girl again and, walking up to me, stretched a small finger-ring with little red pebble:
― Take it, Hero, just like a memory.
I put on a finger-ring and... woke up.
― What a dream, ― I said aloud whether to the television set or to the mug in my hands.
I got up, stretched, turned off the TV and went to kitchen. I opened a refrigerator and, without finding anything interesting there, simply poured some more tea in my cup. Something flashed on my finger. Little red pebble in a finger-ring. I took it off and turned in my hands. On a rim there was an inscription: "I will find you". So, this was not a dream?.