Tor was sleeping quite well in his bed and he was dreaming of a time when he was barely a hatchling and his parents were alive. Although he didn't have any siblings or friends to play with, he was still having a good time...
In this dream he was watching one bug, that looked different from others Tor had seen. He turned around and called to his parents, wanting them to see this weird bug too. But... There was no-one there, which was strange as he didn't hear them walking away and why would they? There was no mistake there, though. His parents dissapeard without a trace and he was alone. Where are they? he asked himself in thought. Tor didn't scream for his parents, despite he knew that he should, but some voice in his mind was telling him that it would be no use. Everything was silent at that moment and suddenly Tor had this feeling that he was being watched. He turned around to see pair of red eyes and mouth full of sharp teeth. The mouth had opened, closing in on him and then...
...He woke up (surprisingly) without a scream, but it didn't mean he wasn't scared. Quite opposite. His heart was beating so fast, as if he had been running away for a long time and he was trembling...
Pessimist sees a dark tunnel. Optimist sees a light in the tunnel. Realist sees the light of coming train. And a driver sees three idiots standing on the track.
"My heart has joined the thousand, for my friend stopped running today." - Watership Down by Richard Adams.