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D: What do they look like? P: Well... not so bad. Kinda gray. Not much color. nn. mt 1 4 9 D: Do they alllook alike? P: No, not the one. I don't like that one. (Childish voice.) It looks creepy. Sort of like a ... insect. [don't know. I'm not sure ifit's alive or not It moves. Tt looks like a machine, butit acts like it's alive. I don't like that one. Then what did they do? You saidthey wanted something? Uh-huh. Samples. That's all they wanted, was samples. What about the rest of your family ? Did they do anything to them? No. Notreally. Nothing bad. They didn'twant to hurt anybody. Theyjust wanted samples. They're okay. : Did they takesamplesfromyour brotherand sisters too? From my two oldest sisters, from Linda and Gail. They didn't take anything from Cathy or my brother. What aboutyourmother? No, they didn't take anything from her either. They wanted to take some from me, a specimen, but I wasn't old enough. : Do you know what kind of samples they took from your sisters? Like eggs. : Howwre they ableto do that? That thing. It stuck a needle in them. In their stomach. And pulled it out : Diditseem to bother them? No. They were asleep. : Then what happened after that? They putus back in the car. (Long pause) : Then didyou allwake up orwhat? (Abig breath, then hisvoicebecameverysoftand sleepy.) Idon't know. I went to sleep. And forgot. . And you didn't tell them aboutanything thathappened? Naw. I forgot about it. Iwas supposed to. : I wonder if that was a dream or if it might relate to something that really happened. Uh-huh. It did. Itis interesting to note that when I then asked about the other dreams he had mentioned, his subconscious reported that they were merely normal dreams, although symbolic in nature and containing messages for his conscious mind. I believe ifhe had been fantasizing 234 The Keepers of the Garden