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"
It
puzzles
me
much
to
think
how
on
earth
the
prince
guessed
yesterday
that
I
have
had
bad
dreams
.
He
said
to
me
,
'
Your
excitement
and
dreams
will
find
relief
at
Pavlofsk
.
'
Why
did
he
say
'
dreams
'
?
Either
he
is
a
doctor
,
or
else
he
is
a
man
of
exceptional
intelligence
and
wonderful
powers
of
observation
.
(
But
that
he
is
an
'
idiot
,
'
at
bottom
there
can
be
no
doubt
whatever
.
)
It
so
happened
that
just
before
he
arrived
I
had
a
delightful
little
dream
;
one
of
a
kind
that
I
have
hundreds
of
just
now
.
I
had
fallen
asleep
about
an
hour
before
he
came
in
,
and
dreamed
that
I
was
in
some
room
,
not
my
own
.
It
was
a
large
room
,
well
furnished
,
with
a
cupboard
,
chest
of
drawers
,
sofa
,
and
my
bed
,
a
fine
wide
bed
covered
with
a
silken
counterpane
.
But
I
observed
in
the
room
a
dreadful-looking
creature
,
a
sort
of
monster
.
It
was
a
little
like
a
scorpion
,
but
was
not
a
scorpion
,
but
far
more
horrible
,
and
especially
so
,
because
there
are
no
creatures
anything
like
it
in
nature
,
and
because
it
had
appeared
to
me
for
a
purpose
,
and
bore
some
mysterious
signification
.
I
looked
at
the
beast
well
;
it
was
brown
in
colour
and
had
a
shell
;
it
was
a
crawling
kind
of
reptile
,
about
eight
inches
long
,
and
narrowed
down
from
the
head
,
which
was
about
a
couple
of
fingers
in
width
,
to
the
end
of
the
tail
,
which
came
to
a
fine
point
.
Out
of
its
trunk
,
about
a
couple
of
inches
below
its
head
,
came
two
legs
at
an
angle
of
forty-five
degrees
,
each
about
three
inches
long
,
so
that
the
beast
looked
like
a
trident
from
above
.
It
had
eight
hard
needle-like
whiskers
coming
out
from
different
parts
of
its
body
;
it
went
along
like
a
snake
,
bending
its
body
about
in
spite
of
the
shell
it
wore
,
and
its
motion
was
very
quick
and
very
horrible
to
look
at
.
I
was
dreadfully
afraid
it
would
sting
me
;
somebody
had
told
me
,
I
thought
,
that
it
was
venomous
;
but
what
tormented
me
most
of
all
was
the
wondering
and
wondering
as
to
who
had
sent
it
into
my
room
,
and
what
was
the
mystery
which
I
felt
it
contained
.
"
It
hid
itself
under
the
cupboard
and
under
the
chest
of
drawers
,
and
crawled
into
the
corners
.
I
sat
on
a
chair
and
kept
my
legs
tucked
under
me
.
Then
the
beast
crawled
quietly
across
the
room
and
disappeared
somewhere
near
my
chair
.
I
looked
about
for
it
in
terror
,
but
I
still
hoped
that
as
my
feet
were
safely
tucked
away
it
would
not
be
able
to
touch
me
.
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"
Suddenly
I
heard
behind
me
,
and
about
on
a
level
with
my
head
,
a
sort
of
rattling
sound
.
I
turned
sharp
round
and
saw
that
the
brute
had
crawled
up
the
wall
as
high
as
the
level
of
my
face
,
and
that
its
horrible
tail
,
which
was
moving
incredibly
fast
from
side
to
side
,
was
actually
touching
my
hair
!
I
jumped
up
--
and
it
disappeared
.
I
did
not
dare
lie
down
on
my
bed
for
fear
it
should
creep
under
my
pillow
.
My
mother
came
into
the
room
,
and
some
friends
of
hers
.
They
began
to
hunt
for
the
reptile
and
were
more
composed
than
I
was
;
they
did
not
seem
to
be
afraid
of
it
.
But
they
did
not
understand
as
I
did
.
"
Suddenly
the
monster
reappeared
;
it
crawled
slowly
across
the
room
and
made
for
the
door
,
as
though
with
some
fixed
intention
,
and
with
a
slow
movement
that
was
more
horrible
than
ever
.
"
Then
my
mother
opened
the
door
and
called
my
dog
,
Norma
.
Norma
was
a
great
Newfoundland
,
and
died
five
years
ago
.
"
She
sprang
forward
and
stood
still
in
front
of
the
reptile
as
if
she
had
been
turned
to
stone
.
The
beast
stopped
too
,
but
its
tail
and
claws
still
moved
about
.
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I
believe
animals
are
incapable
of
feeling
supernatural
fright
--
if
I
have
been
rightly
informed
,
--
but
at
this
moment
there
appeared
to
me
to
be
something
more
than
ordinary
about
Norma
's
terror
,
as
though
it
must
be
supernatural
;
and
as
though
she
felt
,
just
as
I
did
myself
,
that
this
reptile
was
connected
with
some
mysterious
secret
,
some
fatal
omen
.
"
Norma
backed
slowly
and
carefully
away
from
the
brute
,
which
followed
her
,
creeping
deliberately
after
her
as
though
it
intended
to
make
a
sudden
dart
and
sting
her
.
"
In
spite
of
Norma
's
terror
she
looked
furious
,
though
she
trembled
in
all
her
limbs
.
At
length
she
slowly
bared
her
terrible
teeth
,
opened
her
great
red
jaws
,
hesitated
--
took
courage
,
and
seized
the
beast
in
her
mouth
.
It
seemed
to
try
to
dart
out
of
her
jaws
twice
,
but
Norma
caught
at
it
and
half
swallowed
it
as
it
was
escaping
.
The
shell
cracked
in
her
teeth
;
and
the
tail
and
legs
stuck
out
of
her
mouth
and
shook
about
in
a
horrible
manner
.
Suddenly
Norma
gave
a
piteous
whine
;
the
reptile
had
bitten
her
tongue
.
She
opened
her
mouth
wide
with
the
pain
,
and
I
saw
the
beast
lying
across
her
tongue
,
and
out
of
its
body
,
which
was
almost
bitten
in
two
,
came
a
hideous
white-looking
substance
,
oozing
out
into
Norma
's
mouth
;
it
was
of
the
consistency
of
a
crushed
black-beetle
.
Just
then
I
awoke
and
the
prince
entered
the
room
.