Here’s a story about something scary someone once saw…
Man: It was one of those wakeful nights in late November. Unable to sleep, I went for a walk and there it was, that ghastly figure standing in front of me.
Man: I decided to take to my heels, but, overcome with fear, I couldn’t move. All I was thinking about was the eerie glow coming from the specter.
Man: Who or what are you? Are you a ghost? Why are you hiding in this murky forest?
It: Don’t be afraid. I’m not a ghost.
Man: Oh, really? What are you then?
It: You haven’t slept well lately, right? You were exhausted and blacked out. I’m your dream.
Man: That’s possible. Most of my dreams suck.
Here’s the vocabulary summary:
| wakeful | not sleeping or not able to sleep, sleepless |
| ghastly | very shocking or horrible |
| figure | a person or animal that can be seen only as a shape or outline |
| take to one’s heels | to begin to run away |
| overcome | affected very strongly or severely by sth |
| eerie | strange and mysterious |
| specter | (literary) a ghost or spirit of a dead person |
| murky | very dark or foggy |
| black out | to suddenly become unconscious, to faint |
| suck | to be very bad or unpleasant |
