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SOME OF HIS DREAMS MADE SENSE. HE, FOR INSTANCE, WAS BORN RIGHT IN THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT. HE WOULD KNOW THE PLACE WELL. HIS DREAMS OF BROTHELS WOULD BE QUITE VIVID.
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THE UMBRELLAS, THEY MADE LESS SENSE. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH LOGIC TO THEM. BUT EACH TIME HE HAD THE DREAM, THE UMBRELLAS WERE THERE.
HIS FATHER USED TO SELL WOODEN TOOLS AND UM B REL L A S
TO COOLIES. HE OFTEN
STOLE THEM BACK
A DAY LATER... MAYBE THAT WA S
THE ANSWER.
HIS MOTHER TOLD HIM THE UMBRELLAS SYMBOLIZE SOMETHING
MUCH DEEPER.
IT’S A MADDENING STORY.
MEANI-I-DOES THAT MEAN HE IS IS A BIRD? BIRD I MEAN, MEAN HE
I’M NOT SATISFIED WITH ANY EXPLANATION. BUT I’M SURE I’LL FIND IT LESS
CONFOUNDING ONE DAY. UNTIL THEN I’D BE HAPPY TO HEAR HE STOPS DREAMING THE UNSOLVABLE DREAM. 7
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