But this morning was different. He had dreamed very vividly the night before.
His mind wandered while Lily, as usual, recounted a lengthy dream,
this one a frightening one in which she had, against the rules, been riding her mother’s bicycle and been caught by the Security Guards.
They all listened carefully and discussed with Lily the warning that the dream had given.
“Thank you for your dream, Lily.” Jonas said the standard phrase automatically,
and tried to pay better attention while his mother told of a dream fragment,
a disquieting scene where she had been chastised for a rule infraction she didn’t understand.
Together they agreed that it probably resulted from her feelings
when she had reluctantly dealt punishment to the citizen who had broken the major rules a second time.
Father said that he had had no dreams. “Gabe?” Father asked, looking down at the basket where the newchild lay gurgling after his feeding,
ready to be taken back to the Nurturing Center for the day. They all laughed.
Dream-telling began with Threes. If newchildren dreamed, no one knew.
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