Mysterious Chinese palace|کاخ اسرار آمیز چینی


“95th story”

First published: June.13.2019

 

A story by Laleh Chini:

My son had a strange dream:

He said:

A group of them got lost in a city in China.

lion-666857__340

It was around 12:30 pm and my son and his friends were starving. There was no civilization. Fear and hunger took over and as they gazed at the top of a distant hill, they saw a grand palace with Chinese architecture.

buildings-1283935__340

They naturally gravitated towards it but as they got closer, all of them felt fear of this place. They climbed almost 60 stairs that entered the palace.

the-old-summer-palace-4015233__340

Slowly his friends were saying: “Oh man, thank God we found this place. There are people waving in the window. There’s got to be food here.”

He was freaking out because he saw zero people, as his friends were seeing many. They got to the entrance and the doors were open.

metro-3714296__340

He remembers, looking at his time and it read at 3 pm.

Now he could see people who were calm, beautiful, happy – no one was scared. But he was very afraid.  They followed the people, and sat at a table with others. But any opportunity he found; told his friends: “Guys please let’s get out of here. I don’t feel good about this.”

green-dragon-vegetable-1707089__340

A petite lady came in with a tray full of freshly cooked chicken, vegetables, eggs, roasted potatoes, seasoned rice and etc. She fills the table from one edge to another and left.

sunny-side-up-632217__340

He remembers when they finished eating, he looked at his watch and it read 5:30 pm. He knew that in half an hour it would start to get dark so he told his friends: “Now that we ate, let’s get the bill and start heading back and see if we can find our way back to town.

sky-4237062__340

His friends replied: “This is a hotel; we should all stay.”

He said: “Absolutely not! I don’t trust this place; the food was enough so let’s get out of here.”

After arguing and trying to convince them, one of them said: “Go find the lady and ask how we can get back to town.”

he got up and walked to find that lady. There were many windows, beautiful tables and paintings and rugs placed everywhere.

chinese-mural-1158329__340

But he saw no one…!and out the window, the sun had left and it was getting dark.

clouds-20650__340

He ran back with fear and nervousness to his friends. When he got to the table,!they were all gone.

No food on the table, no chairs. Dust everywhere, spider webs were all over the place.

cobweb-921039__340

He felt a sudden shiver down his spine. That unexpected anxiety was killing him and he woke up. Knowing it was all a dream was the best feeling.

***{[I personally believe that all dreams have a message/meaning:

What do you believe is the meaning behind this dream?]} (Mysterious year of Covid-19 which started from China?!)

Dear friends; 

Don’t forget to read my books.<3<3<3

 

img_0606-4

Categories: bedtime story, fable, folk taleTags: ,

104 comments

  1. 😂😂it has a crystal clear meaning, he is going to be dodged by his friends (heaven forbids)

    Liked by 5 people

  2. As per Chinese reading you visit hell. As its a illusion you see and more over there was no stairs no building and no food. You enter no man s land. If you believe a dream as per me it’s negative you may find some thing bad or it alert you to be careful. So if it’s a story it’s cool to read if it’s a real dream just be careful.

    Liked by 8 people

  3. I like the story. As to the possible meaning of the dream, I’d say: Beware of following your friends against better judgement, cos when trouble blows, they won’t stick around.

    Liked by 8 people

  4. Pay attention to your feelings.

    Liked by 6 people

  5. What a dream,hopefully won’t come true.

    Liked by 3 people

  6. Intriguing; maybe the idea that we can’t trust in riches and what we see may not be the true, tangible life. 🙂

    Liked by 5 people

  7. Not an interpreter of dreams…. the pictures go well with Chinese theme of the story!!

    Liked by 4 people

  8. It is definitely a warning, dear Laleh. I have seen dreams that always come true since childhood. I even write them down in a special notebook. I have been doing this for years. Any dream is a message & this one is very serious. I hope he will manage to guess it out in time.
    Best wishes,
    Maria

    Liked by 4 people

  9. A wonderful story. Perhaps your son is concerned or even worried about the future and doesn’t believe his friends will be there for him.

    Liked by 4 people

  10. Very interesting dream, China could be the symbol for oriental life. Has your son got trouble when you left Iran? He might took this since so many years and a subject might awaken the memories of this suffering 🤗❤

    Liked by 5 people

  11. To me, dreams have most of the time a message, yet often we can’t realize or understand it right away, it may take years to get to this ” Aha” moment when we can see clearly the message behind a dream, as I have experienced so many times in my live. So now to your sons dream, my first thought was … trust your own guts and feelings which come up in the first moment and follow them , no matter what friends tell you to do…. the message could be… believe in your self.

    Liked by 5 people

  12. Interesting, fun, spooky – enjoyed it immensely.

    Liked by 4 people

  13. la paura di perdere ciò che realmente possediamo.

    Liked by 3 people

  14. When something is too good, there must be a fraud. Especially if it occurs in a peculiar place like this 🙂

    Liked by 4 people

  15. I would say he were given two choices, one to step into the light and live life or remain in the darkness and never know true happiness… 🙂

    “Life is a process of becoming… a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.” Anais Nin

    Liked by 5 people

  16. Yikes, that would be so creepy! Is this a dream you had yourself, Laleh? I’d say there are perhaps two aspects, one of instinct and one of loneliness. Perhaps feeling as though there are times you should trust your gut instinct and intuition but you don’t, or sometimes feel you should ignore it in favour of other forms of reasoning? Maybe there are feelings of things being ‘too good to be true’? Definitely a fascinating dream with a lot of layers when you unravel it. xx

    Liked by 5 people

  17. This was a spooky story. Your pictures really enhanced it. Based upon my own experience in the dream world, I would guess that your son was hungry as he was sleeping. The Chinese architecture were symbols from the unconscious mind.

    Liked by 4 people

  18. Very good Laleh. Somehow it reminded me of the Eagles’ ‘Hotel California.’

    Liked by 4 people

  19. Trust your gut!
    That’s the core message of the dream.

    Liked by 3 people

  20. Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
    A SCARY PARALLEL: THE SONG, “WELCOME TO THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA!” WOW—SCARY DREAM! 😀

    Liked by 3 people

  21. I don’t know much about interpreting dreams. My first thought was that one should always follow their gut instinct. Perhaps your son should be wary of following friends in any situation in which he has immediate misgivings about where they want him to go or what they want him to do. Giving in to peer pressure has led many people astray. This is a message that we all should follow.

    Liked by 3 people

  22. You are truly commendable. Beautiful stories shared by you.

    Liked by 3 people

  23. Amazing nerrarion..

    Liked by 3 people

  24. that he thinks he has it all but inside, he is ugly and dead like a spider’s web

    Liked by 1 person

  25. cathay if you may
    rising dynasty
    dragon and ancestors
    abound
    the sound of it all

    Liked by 1 person

  26. I think the young man had gut instincts that something was amiss. He should have followed them. But whatever it means, (his dream), it gave me goosebumps!!

    Liked by 1 person

  27. Oh you had me going Laleh.. and I was like eat the damn food and run!
    message… well he’s hungry for something and fear is creating a lacking..
    Was I close to your intention? 💖

    Liked by 1 person

Leave a comment