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drabble | #153 nightmare
Running. Running through the words. Being chased. Angry. Angry dragon. Fire breathing. Fire down his neck. Fire. Angry fire. Fire on his trouser leg. Fire hurts. Fire stings. Must keep running. Stumbles. Thump, thump, thump. Angry dragon. Leaves in face. Branches cut face. Keep running. Legs hurt. Legs tired. Legs feel like jelly. Look bag. Dragon close. Stumbles over log into lake. Lake is warm. Lake feels nice. Lake hides him. Fishies say hello. Mermaids! Dragon stares into water. He makes faces at him. Can’t get me I’m the Bobbybreadman. Neener neener. Dragon snorts. Boy laughs. Boy does somersault in the water and waves at mermaids. Suddenly feels dragon reach out and grab him. Pulls him from his watery haven. Looks at him. Dragon has scary eyes. Dragon’s nostrils flair. Dragon breathes in. Dragon breathes out fire. Boy dies.

He sits up straight in bed, his heart pounding and chest heaving quickly. That was a close one. “Mummy!” he cries, afraid to step off of his bed. The dragon could be hiding underneath waiting to snatch him. Mummy would come though and scare that dragon away. “Mummy!!!” He throws his covers off the bed and looks down, frowning at the dark, wet circle he’s sitting on. His face turns red and he begins to cry harder. “MUMMY!!” He screams. He’s scared and embarrassed. He’s wet the bed again for the third time this week. His mother comes in, embraces him before lifting him off of the bed and taking him wordlessly to the bathtub. She bathes him quickly, re-dresses him in nightclothes and changes his sheet. She sings to him softly to lull him back to sleep and kisses his ginger head before she goes.