Strange Dreams

Most of you who know me, know that I tend to have some very weird dreams. I do not know if the word weird can acurately describe what goes on in my head at night. Last night was no exception...

For some strange reason I was stuck in a 2 storey house awaiting the owners to return so that I could go home. The house had a strange feel to it. The dream became more vivid when i realized that I was in the basement and the bit of natural light that flowed in from the small windows was begining to fade. I turned around and was going to walk back up stairs. As I turned I noticed a stash of all toys in the far corner to the right of the stairway. Amongst the toys was a small tupperware box filled with dolls, and stuffed animals. All of a sudden to my disbelief, the box began to shake. As I looked closer I actually saw something move. Fear gripped me. The only explaination I could think of was that it was a battery operated toy that must have accidentally been turned on. I continued to stare, not able to walk any closer to the stairs because then I would have had to walk closer to the toys. Suddenly a doll sat up, shook it's head and stared at me for a second, and then layed back in the box. I was freaked out at this point because the dream felt so real. Finally, what ever was holding me frozen in place released and I rushed over to the box. I picked up the doll (which had somehow turned into a stuff animal dog...i know doesn't make sense) and shook the it like i was trying to wake it back up. "There is no way this can be happening, I must be seeing things...there is no way I saw what I saw!" But sure enough when I shook the dog hard enough it's eyes came alive, it shook it's head, and it looked straight at me. I threw the stuffed animal back into the box and ran up the stairs as fast as possible.