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Descriptions of dreams have a dubious place in storytelling. For these are dreams which have been imagined–‘dreamed up’, to be slotted in. A story can be made up. How can a dream be made up? By not rising of its own free will from the unconscious it sets a note of falsity, merely illustrating something ‘dream-like’, which may be why dream descriptions within stories seen curiously meaningless. To avoid glazing over, best then to turn the page quickly.