Wow, it's been a while since I have been on my blog. The Olympics distracted me. That's a good excuse, right?
I decided to write my dream that I just woke up from. So strange.
The Ranch by: Sara Compton
It was decided that we would spend our day helping Mr. Hanks with his ranch. He was old, and not able to take care of his large ranch as easily by himself. We pull up and find a very large pond behind his house. We arrived early, so we decided to take a dip in the pond before starting work.
Cory, of course, wanted to fish, and our good friend Mike joined him. Meanwhile, Mike's wife, Robyn joined me. We swam trying to find as many sharp rocks as we could and make a dam. My younger brother, Daniel, along with James, Thomas, and my dad, climbed trees and jumped in the pond.
We were having a grand ol' time when Mr. Hanks came to round us all up. He got in a small boat to retrieve Robyn and myself. We climbed aboard and waited to hit shore. It took a long time. The pond had grown twice it's size, and the tail end of the boat was sinking. Not making a big deal about this, Robyn and I sat there as the water rose to our shoulders. Soon, the boat was no good to us. Robyn was swimming, trying to keep up with the boat, while I had hung on and was being pulled. Out of nowhere, a shark starts chasing the boat. Terrified, I try to climb back into the boat (the tail end still under water). Robyn was right behind me, trying, as well, to get back to the boat. The shark swims up next to us, threatening us as he bumped his nose against us.
"Let go of the boat and swim behind the shark. He'll leave you alone, he just wants to be in front." Mr. Hank yelled over our panicked screams. Swim behind the shark? Is he nuts? Let go of the boat? No, I must have heard him wrong. I looked back at Robyn, and the look on her face made it clear that I did not hear wrong.
With a prayer, I let go of the boat and swam around the shark's front to get to it's rear. Big mistake. Angy that I had gotten in front of him, the shark opened it's large mouth and chomps down. Luckily I swim super fast and just missed being eaten for lunch. Instead, the shark had bitten down on the boat, taking off the whole end of it.
We reached the shore without anymore close calls. Mr. Hanks was right, the shark just wanted to be in front.
"I need help with some animals, I have so many, and I can't keep track of them." Mr. Hanks said as we started walking toward a large yellowed field. The field was empty except a woman in the center. She appeared to be eating the grass like a deer. Intrigued, I walked closer, with my arm extended. The girl-deer slowly walked to me.
"Isn't she a beauty? We found her in the woods with a broken leg. I mended it, and she's stayed here ever since. Her name is Wendy."
"Your animals are people?" I asked. I hadn't seen any another sign telling me different.
"No! That would be crazy. No, we clone Wendy, and turn her clones into different animals." He said matter of factly.
Suddenly, the field was full of animals. Cows, horses, pigs, dogs, any animal you would ever find on a farm was in that field. I walked to the horses and cults, at the same time a cult, acting much like a puppy, ran to me and licked me on the cheek. The more I petted the small animal, the more snugly it got.
We were assigned chores. I was to feed the horses and cults milk and tuna. Robyn was supposed to get the tuna, either by fishing for it in the pond or going to buy some. Mike was to work in navigation (after being awake, I don't know what use that was). Cory was to jump of the trampoline with the chickens, and then make pillows out of the feathers that had fallen out. Daniel was to take care of the dogs. Thomas to tell jokes to the cows. Jame and my dad were to make hats for the roosters.
As I sat on the bunk bed with the horses around me, waiting for their milk. I let only one on the bed with me, and that was the cult that had licked me. I had named her Sandy. Once I had finished feeding the horses the milk, I went to find Robyn for the tuna. I found her with Mike. As Mike worked hard, navigating us all, Robyn found a computer and started playing games.
"Robyn, where is the tuna?" I asked.
"Oh, yeah, um, I didn't get the tuna." She replied, not moving her eyes from the computer.
"But I need the tuna. That was your job. You failed us all."
"I'm just so tired of doing what's right all the time. I decided to be a rebel and not get the tuna." She looked at me and gave me a smirk, then turned back to her game.
"Robyn, if you don't do your part, how are we going to trust each other?" I was near tears now.
"Sara, don't you see? This is their was of using us. Their plan is to clone us, just like Wendy. But if we are bad, they wont want us. I'm saving all our lives."
Whatever. I stormed out of there. She can't be right. They wouldn't clone me. I needed that tuna. I went to find Daniel, and together, we went to the lake. It had turned into a kitchen, and we sat on the counter tops. Knowing the water was under the tile, I threw a rock down on the floor, and sure enough, it make a small hole, and water started to come up. The floor had started to become transparent, and I was able to see the huge tuna swimming beneath me. I forgot my fishing pole. The only way I could catch them was to use my leg. I knew I had to get the fish, but I was afraid of them swallowing my leg.
"Sara, I know it's scary, but it needs to be done. I would do it, but you are the only one with legs that taste like marshmallows." Daniel encouraged. He was right. Daniel couldn't do it. The tuna would hate his bread tasting legs.
After catching a few tuna, we decided to go back. The horses were probably hungry. But the only was to get back was to walk across the floor, and it was starting to sink. The shark was still in there, and I didn't want to risk my life again. Slowly, Daniel and I walked across the tile. We couldn't step on the blue tiles, because they weren't tiles at all, but traps made by the shark. The floor started sinking further and further, and I could see the shark and his punk alligator friends. We would have to run.
And then I woke up. I hope you enjoyed this dream. It sounds silly, but while I was dreaming it, it was terrifying and frustrating. It was so real.
Stay tuned. And remember, God loves you!
