"The Giver Quartet" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lowry, Lois)

тАЬThank you for your dream, Lily.тАЭ Jonas said the standard phrase automatically, and tried to pay better attention while his mother told of a dream fragment, a disquieting scene where she had been chastised for a rule infraction she didnтАЩt understand. Together they agreed that it probably resulted from her feelings when she had reluctantly dealt punishment to the citizen who had broken the major rules a second time.



Father said that he had had no dreams.



тАЬGabe?тАЭ Father asked, looking down at the basket where the newchild lay gurgling after his feeding, ready to be taken back to the Nurturing Center for the day.



They all laughed. Dream-telling began with Threes. If newchildren dreamed, no one knew.



тАЬJonas?тАЭ Mother asked. They always asked, though they knew how rarely Jonas had a dream to tell.



тАЬI did dream last night,тАЭ Jonas told them. He shifted in his chair, frowning.



тАЬGood,тАЭ Father said. тАЬTell us.тАЭ



тАЬThe details arenтАЩt clear, really,тАЭ Jonas explained, trying to recreate the odd dream in his mind. тАЬI think I was in the bathing room at the House of the Old.тАЭ



тАЬThatтАЩs where you were yesterday,тАЭ Father pointed out.



Jonas nodded. тАЬBut it wasnтАЩt really the same. There was a tub, in the dream. But only one. And the real bathing room has rows and rows of them. But the room in the dream was warm and damp. And I had taken off my tunic, but hadnтАЩt put on the smock, so my chest was bare. I was perspiring, because it was so warm. And Fiona was there, the way she was yesterday.тАЭ



тАЬAsher, too?тАЭ Mother asked.



Jonas shook his head. тАЬNo. It was only me and Fiona, alone in the room, standing beside the tub. She was laughing. But I wasnтАЩt. I was almost a little angry at her, in the dream, because she wasnтАЩt taking me seriously.тАЭ



тАЬSeriously about what?тАЭ Lily asked.