From: dicksilk@gmail.com   
      
   22-2-22 on Tuesday?  C'mon.........!   
      
   At any rate, there was this one scene where the dreamer was outdoors in a   
   grassy field-like area, *possibly* near a stream (either a creek or the   
   upstream fork of a river?)— although I cannot recall a specific "view" of a   
   stream in this scene, there    
   was definitely the "feel" of one.   
      
   In some areas, the land on the banks of a stream may end up carving its way   
   through rocks, forming cliffs or a dropoff of sorts (consider the Grand Canyon   
   as an *extreme* example, the White Cliffs of Dover as a *moderate* example.)    
   Or, alternatively, it    
   may be a simple, gradual, "gentle, grassy" slope, such as in this case, of   
   perhaps less than 10°.   
      
   For the purpose of orientation, let's say the stream is running (*roughly*)   
   south to north, and the action is taking place on the left (west) side of the   
   stream.  For those who think rivers always run north to south (like the   
   Mississippi) such is a pure    
   myth.  If I'm not mistaken, the Nile runs south to north, and specifically,   
   FOR A FACT, the Stones River that runs through Murfreesboro (IRL) runs   
   (roughly) south to north on its journey into Percy Priest Lake (in Davidson   
   County / Nashville.)   
      
   The preceding action in the dream is utterly vague, like it just evaporated   
   due to the very focused nature of what happened next.  It *could* be that the   
   dreamer had been out running after or chasing a dog, as if the dog simply   
   wasn't obeying a command    
   to "come," but instead was "off on a tear" [rhymes with "hair"] which brings   
   us to the dream's "focus":   
      
   As the dog (this time, memorable as an element within the dream) ran off   
   (inland, WNW) the dreamer saw a cotton tail rabbit (female, a "doe," one could   
   easily assume) sitting motionless on the ground, facing the dreamer (also   
   facing where the stream    
   would be, IF there were one, which was never really established) with her   
   beautiful, long ears laid flat back across her neck and body.  The dreamer had   
   this brief moment of pondering why the rabbit hadn't simply run off, which is   
   what would normally    
   have occurred if a human had suddenly come upon this situation IRL.  Rabbits   
   do have a bit of an issue seeing *directly* ahead, as their eyes are on the   
   SIDES of their heads (like horses) so the dreamer *could possibly* have   
   approached from her "blind    
   spot."   
      
   There was this interplay of thought (from the rabbit's perspective with   
   respect to the dreamer's) regarding possible fear / remaining still so as to   
   remain unobserved / or fleeing for one's life.  The dreamer felt that, as long   
   as this opportunity    
   presented itself, [he?] would reach out (calmly, peacefully) to pet the   
   rabbit.  The idea was to stroke back over the head and ears, along the body,   
   but as the dreamer's right hand neared the rabbit, it turned her head leftward   
   to move away.  The dreamer    
   ended up only stroking the rabbit from behind her ears (as her ears had lifted   
   as she turned her head) thus stroking the hair along (her) body as she moved   
   away.  The dreamer knows that chasing an adult rabbit in the open is pure   
   idiocy.  Even *baby*    
   rabbits are *difficult* to catch (bare handed) if they're of *any* hopping   
   ability.   
      
   It occurred to the dreamer that the rabbit *could* have been a mother, sitting   
   over her nest of baby rabbits, which is how the mothers nurse their babies in   
   the morning and evening (this being a daytime scene.)  So the dreamer looked   
   straight down into    
   the grass where the rabbit (doe) had been sitting, and sure enough, there were   
   at *least* 3 (possibly 4 to 5) baby rabbit faces looking upward.   
      
   The thought that went through the dreamer's mind was, "I sure hope a dog   
   doesn't find them."  (Baby rabbits in their nest make for tasty dog snacks on   
   occasion, IRL.)   
      
   The start of the dream was roughly a 6 (as I can't even recall IF there were a   
   dog or not, *prior* to having seen the dog run off, although there seemed to   
   have been) while the rabbits MAY have been symbolic (7) yet the touching of   
   the doe was at 9+ (in    
   real life, the dreamer would likely have NEVER gotten close enough to touch   
   her, although I have stroked rabbits before IRL, and the action/sensation was   
   VERY much like such a memory) and the view of the baby rabbits was simply   
   "precious." >:-)   
      
   The Gas Station:   
      
   In another dream, rather different by comparison, the action involved two   
   vehicles at a gas station.  The problem here is that the "focal point of the   
   dreamer's consciousness" is questionable.  As I sit here journaling the dream,   
   I'm unable to say if "I"    
   was either the driver with the trailer ("DWT") OR the driver of the SUV   
   ("SUV") so let's just write this from the "omniscient narrator" perspective:   
      
   SUV was approaching a gas pump in a vehicle that apparently had the fuel cap   
   on the right rear.  DWT was approaching from the opposite (head on) position,   
   and let's assume that vehicle's fuel cap was on the left (driver's) side.   
      
   For at least ONE moment, the driver with the fuel cap on the right (passenger)   
   side was in the SUV, and *felt* as if "I got here first" thus had the "right   
   of way" to the gas pump.  And yet, the OTHER vehicle (DWT) who *could* have   
   backed up and gone    
   over one lane closer to the central hub of the station (where people pay their   
   bill in cash) would have had the more laborious (and RISKY) job of backing up   
   in order to get to another pump.  Also, *reversing* direction so as to bring   
   the driver's (left)    
   side cap up to the opposite side of the pump would have been VERY risky /   
   dangerous / difficult!  Stretching a hose far enough to reach an opposite-side   
   lead-pipe is *very* questionable, at best.    
    SUV felt a sense of "do unto others" so as to back up to allow DWT to come in   
   more easily, as SUV had a MUCH greater range of motion / options available.   
      
   However, as SUV was "backing up" to give DWT the "golfer's honor" of coming   
   into the pump first, DWT *also* was backing up, so as to indicate the honor   
   went to SUV, who was closer and apparently had "first dibs" on the pump.   
      
   At this point, the "dreamer's perspective" gets a bit nebulous (was the   
   dreamer in the SUV or the driver with trailer?) and the dream ends, clarity   
   "awkward."  (Incidentally, this situation puts me in mind of the FIRST   
   Commandment, biblehub.com/exodus/20-   
   3.htm )   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)