Picasso (1932)

Our dreams can express our wishes or simply the thoughts, images and feelings we experience when we are asleep. Some of them are good; others aren’t. Some might come true; others might never. In this collection of short stories about dreams, written by the students, all of them came true. Their short stories had to be written in about 180 words and had to end with the words: “ ... and he always believed in his dreams from that day on. ”

WHEN A DREAM COMES TRUE

Gerry and Susan had been married for five years and they always tried to have a baby, but this dream never came true. They went to a lot of doctors and all of them said that she could have a baby, but the chances were really small. However, they never gave up.
One day Gerry had a dream: he dreamed that he was carrying a baby and Susan was carrying another one; they were very beautiful and small. He had never seen his wife smiling like that.
When he woke up, he realized that it wasn’t true and he didn’t want to tell Susan about his dream to avoid upsetting her even more and went to work.
When he arrived home after work, Susan was waiting for him with an enormous smile on her face and gave him the good news:
-I’m pregnant with twins!!
This day was one of the happiest days is his life: the day that his dream came true and he always believed in his dreams from that day on.

Katharina Tess

When a dream comes true

Steve was a dreamer. His biggest dream was being accepted in one of the most important agency of models in his country. A few years ago, he tried to be accepted in this popular agency, but as there were many other good candidates like him, he didn’t get the job. He was very sad, and went to his house to rest a little. While he was resting, he dreamed that the owner called him because he wanted Steve to replace a young guy who had given up a job in the agency.

The boy woke up very happy because it seemed to be real, but it was just one more dream that he had. Steve decided to rest a bit more. While Steve was resting, his phone rang and he quickly answered it . The owner of the agency was calling and told him that a guy, John, resigned from the job, and he was the next on the list.
His dream came true! It was like in his dream. He got the job in the agency and he always believed in his dream from that day on.

Maria Fernanda

When a dream comes true

Richard was a handsome and rich man who spent his 25 years of life very well . He was about to marry a good young woman who was the love of his life. He had finished college and was working as a lawyer in his father law firm.
One day he dreamed that his girlfriend, Zoe, was marrying another man and he was married to a horrible woman. Richard woke up scared and called her. After telling her, she laughed and invited him to have lunch on the next day.
When Richard arrived in the restaurant, he saw Zoe with a man. She introduced Richard to him and said he was an old friend she hadn’t seen for a long time. When the man went out, he sat and Zoe started to cry and to speak that she didn’t want to marry him because she was in love with another man, her old friend. He left running and called his father to tell the bad news. His father said that he had a friend who had a daughter, and Richard could marry her.
After weeks, his dream came true, and now he had a horrible woman in his house. And he always believed in his dreams from that day on.

Maria Clara Barreto

Was It Just A Dream?

A few months ago, at one weird night which was very cold for the summer, Robert decided to go to bed early. He was very tired after a long and exhausting day. After drinking his hot chocolate he went to sleep, but it took him a long time to fall asleep.
Some hours later, he dreamt that it would snow on the following day and he and his friends would go out and play with ice: they would make snow men and a snow war.
The next morning, when he woke up, it was colder than the day before. He went to the window and everything was white. It was snowing!!!
He went with friends to the Central Park. The lake was frozen and they went ice skating.
He couldn’t believe that his dream had come true and he always believed in his dreams from that day on.

Laura Lamberte

THE MYSTERY OF THE PIANO

In a raining night, the great pianist Allan Owen had a weird dream. In the dream his piano was playing scary music alone. Allan decided to check what was happening. When he approached the piano, he woke up.
On the following day he had another surprise: the lid of his piano was open! He didn’t understand it, but he thought this was a coincidence.
But in the next night he had the same fantastic dream, and the next, next, next… too. He was scared, so scared that he wasn’t playing his instrument, his life.
Feeling rather uneasy, he went to a psychiatric hospital. The doctor said that he needed to play beautiful music before sleeping and so his problems would be finished.
At night he tried to do what the doctor said, but he couldn’t; he only played scary music. He was being controlled.
It was this way for some days… his life was terrible. Till a day when he discovered what his dream was about: a strange man called him and invited Allan to create a theme to a horror movie! Allan accepted it:”Ok, the music is already created!!”
No more scared of his dream, his life went back to normal, and he never had that problem again, and he always believed in his dream from that day on.

Roberto Cornacchioni Alegre

The golden dream

David was a normal man. He worked very hard and his money was enough for a comfortable life. But he always dreamed about travelling around the world.
One day after work, David came home very tired, and then he went to sleep. He had a wonderful dream: he had won the lottery.
On the next day he woke up very depressed, because that dream wasn’t true. However, while he was going to work, he decided to buy a lottery ticket with the numbers that he had dreamed of. He thought: ´´I don’t have anything to lose, just to win.”
After a week, his life was normal and boring as always, and then, while he was watching TV, he saw that HE had won the lottery. He got crazy!! He didn’t believe what was happening.
He took his money and started to do everything that he wanted to and he always believed in his dreams from that day on.

Milene Paz n°32 1°A

The dream which came true


Peter is a smart boy. He had always thought dreams were just dreams until the day that something very weird happened to him: his dream came true.
Three months ago, when he was on vacation, he had a terrible dream. He dreamt that he was at a beautiful beach playing soccer with his friends when he fell down and broke his arm.
On the next day, he woke up. He was very scared. He touched his arm, and he saw that nothing had happened to him.
The rest of the day was just like any other amazing day. He had breakfast and he went to the beach. All his family was with him and he was very happy. Some time later, Peter was relaxing in the sea, when his brothers asked him to play soccer. He accepted and was soon playing with his brothers. He threw many balls easily; everything was fine. But, because of a wrong move, he broke his arm. He started to shout; he just couldn’t believe what had happened.
A few weeks later, he told his friend all the situation and the details and he always believed in his dreams from that day on.

Luiz Filippe Nunes Nº25 1ºE

The Dream

Bob was 16 years old. He was tall, thin and he had green eyes. His parents were absolutely amazing. He didn’t have a sister neither a brother.
Then, one night he dreamed that he was in a horrible and awful graveyard and his relatives were looking at a grave! He was afraid because it was his grave. What had happened? Why was he dead?
He woke up frightened, then he went to the living room he saw his mother crying and talking on the phone.
When he asked her what happened she didn’t answer until the end of the day. At the night his father finally told him what had happened. He had a twin brother. His father explained to him all the story and only then he could understand what was happening. And he always believed in his dreams from that day on.

Giuliana Rondon

The day that his dreams came true


Antonio was a boy. He studied at Saint Patrick College. He was a brilliant and very smart guy. He was loved by all his teachers. On 9 September, 2001 Antonio had a strange dream. He dreamed that his city, New York, suffered a terrorist attack.
When he woke up he was very nervous and very quickly he went to his parent’s room to tell them about his dream. They were scared, but they didn’t believe that this could happen. Antonio went to school but there he didn’t tell anyone about his dream.
He couldn’t stop thinking on his dream, and two days later his dream came true. Two airplanes crashed into the WTC Towers. The boy felt an awful feeling and started to cry, because he couldn’t get that horrible accident out of his mind, and he always believed in his dreams from that day on.

Rodrigo Costa 1C

The Dream You Would Not Like to Have

After an exhausting day of work, John went home and after a quick dinner he went to sleep. At first he didn’t manage to sleep and when it was past one o’clock, he started to sleep and dream. In the dream he saw his best friend, Paul in a dreadful car accident. He woke up really scared.
In the next morning when he woke up, he went to work and after that, he went out to have dinner with his girlfriend. She noticed his nervousness and asked “John, you are nervous. What is happening?” Then John told the terrible dream to her and she got really impressed, and stared at him for a long time. After some time, they changed the subject of the conversation.
At the end of the dinner, his friend’s mother called and said his friend had died. John felt terrible and cried and told his girlfriend. And he always believed in his dreams from that day on.

Sophia Levy

The dream which came true

It was a bad day when John, a fat guy dreamed about his own beautiful car. In the dream he was thinking about a black and red race car. He was very happy to think about this; he thought his dad, Paul, was going to give him a nice good car.
On the next day, John couldn’t forget his dream, and felt his dad was being weird with him. When Paul left the house, John started to look everywhere in the big house, trying to find the important car key. Was it the final proof, a proof that he was going to get the car?
His daddy came back to the amazing black house; they asked him about the car and Paul laughed at him.

Later that week it was John’s birthday, and his dad bought a present for him. John was curious to see his new present and to check if his dream was going to come true.
Finally his father gave him a black and red race car. It was like in his wonderful dream, and he always believed in his dream from that day on.


Rodrigo Junqueira, n°40, 1°B

My cousin “ghost”

My cousin, Guilherme, died of cancer in 1990. He was 6 years old and I never saw him, only in photos.
One day, my other cousin, Nicolas, had a dream. He dreamed that his brother Guilherme was alive and was wearing a t-shirt and white pants. They played, ate together and had fun. After some time, Guilherme said that he had to go. He left him and disappeared in his brother’s house.
When he woke up, he was very scared. He went to the kitchen to drink water when a person appeared by the kitchen door and walked to my cousin’s bedroom. He called his brother and ran to the “ghost” but when he arrived the “ghost” wasn’t there.
On the next day, Nicolas was very confused and he told his mother his dream. He had seen his brother alive with the same clothes that he had dreamed . She believed in his story and he always believed in his dreams from that day on.



Rodrigo Arantes nº39

THE WEIRDEST WEEK

My name is Rafaella, and this strange story happened with my brother. My brother and I have always loved animals, and we used to have a beautiful bird. His name was Chico Botini. He was green and yellow. He always sang and was very happy. We loved him, but Chico was already 3 years old, very old for a bird.
One night, my brother and I were watching TV when he fell asleep. After that I took him to his bedroom.
In the same night I was sleeping when I suddenly heard a loud scream. I ran into my brother’s room. He said to me that he dreamt that his teeth were falling down. He had the same dream during the whole week.
On Sunday, our mother called our names; she looked heavyhearted and showed us Chico. He was dead. We were absolutely shocked.
A few days later my brother explained to me that he was searching about dreams and found out that when you dream that your teeth are falling this means death. He thought that his odd dreams were an alert for the death of our bird, and he always believed in his dreams from that day on.




Rafaella Blasotti

NOT JUST A DREAM

One day, Pedro, a 15-year-old guy, had an amazing and wonderful dream. In his dream he was in a rocket going to the moon with one guy that he didn’t know yet. During the trip he had the sensation that he was flying, because in space gravity is less than the gravity on Earth, and that was fantastic for him.
On the next day, he read an ad on the web. NASA needed a teen-astronaut, and he thought that it was a marvellous idea.
Pedro studied a lot, and he was really close to realize his dream of becoming an astronaut. He was sent to the final test in NASA, and he was really excited about that.
On the following day there was a letter for him from NASA. He was the new teen-astronaut of USA and he always believed in his dreams from that day on.

José Victor nº19 1ºA

The kidnap

Eduardo, a smart guy, is 38 years old. He is married to Mariana and he has two kids: Rafaela and Bruno.
On 1 April he had a terrible nightmare: his kids had been kidnapped. The kidnapper said that if he didn’t pay five millions dollars, he couldn’t give him his children back. After that, he saw his kids tied in a dirty basement of a small and old house located in the middle of a dark forest.
He woke up afraid and told his wife the dream he had. She tried to calm him down.
Three days later the dream came true: his kids were kidnapped! Weird, isn’t it?
He quickly called the cops. They investigated the case for four days, but they didn’t find any clue.
Eduardo and his wife were desperate, but then he remembered that he dreamed of the exact location where his kids were.
The cops searched in the place he described and they found the kids. They saved the children and arrested the kidnapper. And he always believed in his dreams from that day on.

Henrique Basile

The real dream…

A few months ago, 16 - year - old Daniel had a weird dream. In the dream he did badly in the test that he was going to do on the following week.
The next day Daniel felt very depressed, because he believed in his dream. He talked to his parents and told them about it. His parents told him not to believe in the dream and to study for the test.
Daniel studied a lot. He did everything he could to do a brilliant test. But when he went to the school to do the test, he forgot all the answers and he didn’t perform well.
In the following week when he looked at his horrible mark, he noticed his dream came true and he always believed in his dreams from that day on.



Gabriela Toledo 1ºB nº19

The tea and the family


My brother Pedro always tells me a story that happened with him when our mom discovered that she was pregnant with me.
This is the story:
One day, he came home after a party and he slept. So, he dreamt that he was drinking a cup of tea with their friends. It wasn’t a weird dream, but he dreamt of that for four days.
On the fourth day, he asked our father if he knew the meaning of the dream, while our mom was cooking delicious cookies for them. Our dad said that he needed to search the web for the meaning, because he didn’t know anything about that. So, my brother did it. On the web, he found out the meaning of ‘dream with tea’ and it was: your family will be increased.
On the next day, our mom said that she was feeling sick. Our dad took her to the hospital and the doctor said that she was pregnant. And he always believed in his dreams from that day on.



Daniela Longato – 1°F

Charles’s dream


Charles is a happy child. He has a lovely family and studies in a great school.
One night, a few months ago, he had a weird dream! He dreamed that he was surrounded by bizarre people that used big rings in the ear, nose and in their tongues. Then he woke up scared and shouted out loud.
In the next morning he wasn’t with a big smile on his face as every day. He went to school, but didn’t talk with anyone: he decided to keep this secret and forget it.
A couple of months later Charles’ mother wanted to take a break from her work; so they traveled to a place where they had never been before. There they saw people with tattoos and pierced ears. At that moment the boy remembered everything and screamed: ‘It was just like in my dream!’. His mother said it was an Indian community and they were friendly. Doubtfully, the boy decided to take a risk and talk to them, and then they became friends. In the end, Charles liked that trip a lot, but could never explain how he predicted it and he always believed in his dreams from that day on.




Maria Thereza Rodrigues nº28 1C

Bad Dream

In 1973, when Charlie was seven, he lived with his grandparents in a beautiful and old farm. He lived there, because his parents had died in a terrible airplane accident in 1967, when Charlie was one.
In a calm and dark night, the little boy had a nightmare in which he thought he was talking with his parents in a white and brightly lit room. They said he would die soon.
On the next day, the boy woke up freaked out, but he didn’t tell anyone about his terrible nightmare. Charlie and his grandfather went to the city, as they always did, and they went to the cinema. The boy thought the film was interesting and they decided to see it, but they didn’t know the story of the film was very similar to his life, and the main actor died in a white and brightly lit room, like in his dream.
When he arrived home, his grandparents’ neighbors invited him to have lunch in their house. Charlie got really scared when he saw that one of the rooms was identical to the white room in his nightmare. He was very frightened and ran back to his house. On the next day he discovered that the house caught fire and all the people who were inside it died. And he always believes in his dreams from that day on.



Victória Comar Corrêa, 1ºE 5A