chutzpahjama
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From when I was in elementary school.

/T+0.00.00/ I am at a beach, possibly with family. The sand is the typical boring gray typical of southern California. It is sunny. Suddenly, the steely water begins to rush away, exposing more beach. As a giant wave begins to swell in the distance, I turn and see friends I haven't seen in years, most notably Nl. Gldfrb., running to escape the tsunami. I begin to run, climbing up the sides of what are possibly sand bags to prevent erosion of the beach, when I remember my family and panic sets in as I weigh the value of my life against those of my friends and loved ones.

When I was very young

/T+0.00/ It is nighttime. I am in a brick labyrinth, but the walls are only tall enough so I can see a dalmatian, bipedal and cartoon like, with what is possibly a fire-helmet on its head. I have reason to believe it is malicious. I find my way out of the the maze and I am in a crowded amusement park. I am with one of my parents, I believe my mom, and the other, likely my dad is gone. We search for the missing parent, through gift shops, in and out of the different areas of the theme park, and I sense that the dalmatian is near.
/T+0.15/ Suddenly, my other parent, possibly my mom, is gone too, and somehow I know that both have disappeared in the bathrooms. I run to the bathroom and to the urinals, which are those ones that go to the floor. I know mom and dad are there, and I know the dalmatian put them there, but I don't know how to rescue them. I begin to panic.
/End dream T+0.18/

From when I was a very young child

/T+0.00.00/ Me, mom and dad are in the woods, possibly camping. It is dark, despite being the early afternoon, possibly due to the canopy of leaves above our heads. There are hundreds of mottled pale tree trunks shooting from the earth in every direction. They ground is covered in golden leaves, some illuminated by swatches of light that have penetrated the unseen ceiling of leaves. It's quite beautiful. My mom and dad are infront of me, perhaps 20 or 25 feet, with my dad on the left and 10 feet away from my mom. We form an isosceles triangle, and I am at the most acute point.
/T+0.00.45/ I notice a snake, one of those red, white and black ones, on the ground near my mom's feet. I watch it uncoil, my mom gasping as she too becomes aware of it. I try to scream. /End dream T+0.00.50/