When I was so young

[Daniel Herring]

I only knew a few words, I recall laying in bed one night on the top of the sheets. The window by the bed had no screen. I could not sleep, so I occupied my time by watching the street light.

Then a snake crawled in through the window. I saw it slide over the sill, and lost track of it as it disappeared down past the edge of the bed.

A moment later, the head of the snake raised up above the edge of the bed; about eye-level. The snake began to speak to me, and continued talking until I fell asleep.

[Nalencer]

What did it say?

[themnax]

i had a similar experience with the pillsberry bread boy.

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[englandroxmysox]

that happened to me when i fell of of the monkey bars at school but it was a worm not a snake

[koopa]

I only knew a few words, I recall laying in bed one night on the top of the sheets. The window by the bed had no screen. I could not sleep, so I occupied my time by watching the street light.

Then a snake crawled in through the window. I saw it slide over the sill, and lost track of it as it disappeared down past the edge of the bed.

A moment later, the head of the snake raised up above the edge of the bed; about eye-level. The snake began to speak to me, and continued talking until I fell asleep.
if u were that young and your bed was next to an open window with no screen while you slept you had terrible parents :)

[Daniel Herring]

Koopa, times were different then. My parents failed in many ways, but I loved them dearly.

[Nalencer]

Not gonna tell us what it said? Or did you make it up for kicks?

[Daniel Herring]

I don't remember what it said. I don't think I understood it when I heard it. All I rememeber is that it was one long-winded snake.

[Nalencer]

Well, if true, that's quite an interesting story.

[koopa]

maybe you can learn parseltongue :)

[Daniel Herring]

Thanks for your confident supposition, but I have enough on my plate just speaking English. (I mean, American.)

[koopa]

oh my bad, your a 52 year old from iowa (pop culture equivalent of living under a rock (no offense :). parseltongue is a reference to the most popular book series the world has seen in this decade.........one who speaks it can communicate with snakes.

[Daniel Herring]

I saw the movie. :)

[koopa]

yeah I didn't think much reading was going on in Iowa :)

[Daniel Herring]

I moved here to get away from all that reading. :))

[koopa]

your alright Daniel :)

[teana0]

I had teddybears and just before i went to sleep i remember them speaking to me. And i have this memory one night before bed my dad came to check on me as he did with my other bro n sis and asked if i spoke to the teddy bears. And i remmeber being embarrased about the question because i thought there was something wrong with the teddy bears talking.

[Daniel Herring]

Children seem to be more open to such occurrences. Adults seem predisposed to dismiss everything. A toy riding horse took a bite from my sandwich in kindergarten.

:)

[Death]

you guys are all wierd. i was always pretty grounded in reality when i was 3

[Daniel Herring]

Perhaps you missed three altogether.

:)

[koopa]

I had teddybears and just before i went to sleep i remember them speaking to me. And i have this memory one night before bed my dad came to check on me as he did with my other bro n sis and asked if i spoke to the teddy bears. And i remmeber being embarrased about the question because i thought there was something wrong with the teddy bears talking. yeah I can see a child defaulting to the latter as an emotional defense mechanism. its easier for a child to think that there is something wrong with the teddy bears talking, than it is for a child to think there is something wrong with the child for hearing an inanimate object talk...

[La Dulce Vita]

WHEN I WAS YOUNG
The rooms were so much colder then
My father was a soldier then
And times were very hard
When I was young

I smoked my first cigarette at ten
And for girls, I had a bad yen
And I had quite a ball
When I was young

When I was young, it was more important
Pain more painful
Laughter much louder
Yeah, when I was young
When I was young

I met my first love at thirteen
She was brown and I was pretty green
And I learned quite a lot when I was young
When I was young

When I was young
Pain more painful
Laughter much louder
Yeah, when I was young
When I was young

My faith was so much stronger then
I believed in fellow man
And I was so much older then
When I was young
When I was young
When I was young

[Cosmic Butterfly]

What is reality?

[seancourt]

What is reality?Whatever you make it

[mr.morrison]

man, maybe you had that sleep paralasys thing. i was watching discovery channel and they say sometimes you see and hear things wen you get it. ive heard things like loud buzzing noises and almost like UFO type throbing noises, but when i snaped out of it and i could move, theres usualy just a drool mark on my science desk. do you remember if you could move?

[Mr Fancy Pants]

when i was about 4 till i was about 7 everytime i looked up on my shelf that i had in my room with toy horses on it the horses would be walking around asif they were having a good time. but every morning when i would wake up they would be in the original spot as they were before i went to sleep

[Daniel Herring]

I could move freely when spinning; when floating; when seeing that new (or maybe not new) color. It was like slipping into a different reality (if my critics will allow me to put it that way), and I think, perhaps, a child has more realities than an adult. There are more things in heaven and earth etc., etc. I like that thing about the horses: that smacks just a little of Indians inthe cupboard. A child's imagination may be the brain's focus mechanism, or zoom lens. Speaking of that, I recall when I was young and my eyes very good, I liked to look at the moon, and it seemed to me (and still seems that way) that when I applied just a little imagination, and strained to see the possibilities that the moon grew bigger and the details easier to see.

[ChinaCatSunflower02]

these are all examples of people reaching into different realities. it happens to children because they're more open-minded and don't dismiss everything.

[~MorningManiacMusic~]

Trippy!!My friend said this little glass man his grandma has at her house,turned his head and stared at him for a few seconds,then turned it's head back to how it normally looks.ha!

[Formertechno34]

Interesting..

[psyche]

i had a similar experience with the pillsberry bread boy.

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thats crazy, i had the same thing happen with the hamburger helper hand...weird..