A Dream
by Edie

Last night, I had a dream. It was about my Aunt Sandy, her 3 year old boy, and two girls aged 8 and 9 respectively. My aunt was drinking at her home. She lit a smoke then fell asleep, and dropped the lit smoke. It fell to the floor. The house was old so it burned very fast. My aunt was on the couch when Adam, her son, came crawling out of his room. He tried to wake her, but she wouldn't wake up. The two girls woke. They felt the door. It was hot so they jumped out of their bedroom window. When the ambulance got there, the girls were fine; however, their mom had died from the fire, but their brother lived until they got to the hospital. He was pronounced dead on arrival. The two girls are living with their dad, my uncle. He treats them like Cinderella and he's the stepmother.

When I woke up I was sitting on my bed. Charlie, Jodi and Eric were talking in the living room. This story that I have told you about my aunt from my dream is true. To me every dream means something. Having this dream I felt like I was there. I still have the newspaper clippings from almost 6 years ago. 

Background Information

Talk about dreams. What is the strangest dream you've ever had? Do you believe that all dreams have meaning? How do you figure out what a dream means? Also think about fires. How can house fires start? How can you escape a house fire?

Questions

1. Who did Edie dream about?

2. How did the house start on fire?

3. What is another word for smoke in this sentence, "She lit a smoke then fell asleep..."?

4. Why do you think the old house burned so fast?

5. Who was rescued from the fire? Who died?

6. What does the word crawling mean?

7. How did the two girls know there was a fire in the house?

8. What does the word pronounced mean in the story?

9. How does the uncle treat the two girls?

10. Do you think this dream meant something? What?