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Jay shut his eyes and kept still. How did
people get out of dreams they didn’t want to
be in? He had an idea. He counted slowly to
twenty.
“One...two...three...four...five...six...seven...ei
ght...nine...ten...eleven...
twelve...thirteen...fourteen...fifteen...sixteen...s
eventeen...eighteen...nineteen...twenty...That
should do it!”
He opened his eyes again, hoping that
everything would have gone back to normal.
But it hadn’t. He hoped he would be lying on
the carpet in his bedroom, after having fainted
or something. But he wasn’t. Everything was
just the same.
It was then that he had the most ridiculous
thought. Up until now he had felt confused
and panicky. But now an odd feeling of calm
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