FoxTrot by Bill Amend for August 25, 2013
August 18, 2013
September 01, 2013
Transcript:
Teacher: Clear your desks, everyone. We're having a quiz on the assigned summer reading. Paige: Not this again! Teacher: Excuse me? Paige: I had this exact same anxiety dream when school started LAST year! I say "what summer reading?!?" And you say "didn't you sign up for the English department e-mails?" Then you say I was supposed to read some huge book like "Moby Dick" and then I freak out and scream and wake up. Teacher: Actually the assigned book was "Animal Farm." It's fairly short. Paige: Ok, so this year's version is SLIGHTLY different. Teacher: Five minutes left, people. Paige: Also last year I would've woken up by now. That's different, too.
One way to tell if you’re dreaming – try to read something. For some reason it’s not possible to read more than a couple of words in a dream. I wonder if writers have the same trouble though?