He found a way of waking himself up.
As he was going to sleep he kept
saying to himself, “Wake up! Wake up!”
He dozed off with these words in his
mind, over and over again, “Wake up!
Wake up! Wake up!”
At around 7 in the morning he found
himself dreaming that he was asleep
in the back of a car and someone
was outside the car, shouting,
“Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!”
In his dream, he woke up and
because he knew he was in his
dream he wondered if that meant
he was still asleep.
Still in his dream, he realised
who it was who was shouting,
“Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!”
It was him. The person outside the
car was him.
Still in his dream he stared at
himself. The ‘him’ that was shouting
“Wake up!” stared at the ‘him’ who
had woken up.”You’re still asleep!”
he shouted. “You think you’ve woken
up but that’s in the dream. In fact
you’re asleep.”
“Then who are you?” the sleeping
him said.
“I’m the you, who is waking you up,”
he said.
“But you’re in the dream, so you’re
asleep as well, aren’t you?” he said.
“Yes,” said the him that was waking
him up.
“So how will you wake up?” he asked.
“I don’t know,” he said, “all I know
is that I have to wake you up?”
“But how can you wake me up
if you’re asleep?”
That morning, he woke up later
than he had ever woken up before.
