How would you feel if you always felt strange things while sleeping? And no one believes what you're experiencing?
This is exactly how Anna Valerie, a 21-year-old girl currently studying at a private university in Canada, feels.
"Mommy!" she cried out loudly, making the middle-aged woman called by her name rush to her daughter's room.
Seeing that her daughter had just woken up, the mother let out a long sigh. "What's wrong, Anna? Did you dream you were in fairyland again?" she asked.
It wasn't the first time Anna had experienced something strange like this and her parents and younger brother were always the ones who had to believe what she dreamt.
"Mom, but this feels real!" Anna swore. Her face showed a very convincing expression. But still, would her mother believe her?
"Well, if you think it's real, take me there. So that I believe you!" replied her mother, who was still wearing the apron hanging around her neck.
"Anna, hurry up and go to the bookstore! It's time for you to be on guard!" her mother added.
Oh yes, Anna forgot! It was already 3 p.m. Being too busy with her dream world, Anna forgot about her activities in the real world.
The brunette girl walked towards the bathroom.
Just as she was about to open the bathroom door, the images in her dream suddenly reappeared.
Like a movie that had just pressed 'Play' for a moment, Anna was standing in front of the door with her hand on the doorknob.
"Gosh, that white-furred wolf is so pretty! Why is the timing so bad, just as I was about to approach his, I woke up?" For the first time, Anna felt annoyed at being woken up from her dream.
Usually, she was always eager to wake up from her dreams, as she found it strange to be in a fairytale world. However, this time was different.
BUG! The blow that landed on her back made Anna whimper in pain.
Her mother, who was already girded at the waist while looking at her with a horrified gaze, rushed Anna to the bathroom.
"I'll give you fifteen minutes. If you don't go to the bookstore soon, I'll cut your pocket money!" her mother threatened.
Of course, when her mother threatened her, Anna quickly cleaned herself up. She blamed herself for thinking too much about the white-furred wolf in her dream!
And now, the brunette girl had arrived at the bookstore. The bookstore belonged to her family. Since there were fewer and fewer people coming to the bookstore these days, her father decided to lay off his employees and make his two children part-time employees at the bookstore.
"Anna, what took you so long? I've been wanting to eat your mom's fried chicken!" her father said as he walked out of the bookstore. With both hands clutching his rumbling stomach.
Her mother had just opened a fried chicken stall about two months ago. Because her mother's cooking is so good, many customers go back and forth to her stall just to buy her fried chicken.
"Oh, my goodness. No wonder I always have strange dreams. Look, these fairy tale books are like my daily food!" Anna started cleaning the dusty bookshelves. She also tidied up the books.
Anna's eye-tail accidentally spotted one of her favorite fairy tale books as a child.
Her hand reached for the book and she remembered something.
"Ah, yes! Wasn't there a handsome prince wearing brown clothes in my dream?" Anna remembered one of the fictional characters in her dream.
And as the wind came from outside her door, suddenly ... BRAK! Anna fell straight to the floor of the bookstore.
"What's wrong with me? Gosh. I have to guard the bookstore. I'm afraid Mom will scold me!" But when Anna wanted to move her body, she found it very difficult.