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Dreams last night were filled with animals, which wouldn't have been a bad thing if one hadn't been a cute kitten which, thanks to the wonders of time travel, ended up dying twice. At least I was aware enough to provide the poor guy with some comfort the second time. There was also a large cat who I'd thought was a bobcat at first, though as it turns out it probably was a she and not named "Bob" at all. That cat seemed rather to want to kill me--it said something in plain English about chasing me as soon as it got rid of the overly friendly pig it was holding who seemed to think that being caught in the grip of one of Earth's most efficiently-designed predators was a great thing and all it wanted to do was turn around and give the big cat a big hug.

Yes, last night's dreams mostly could have been taken from the dangerous middle parts of Disney movies where you're still sort of wondering how they'll reach the delightful comic wrap-up at the end. I still wish the kitten hadn't had to die.

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I dream about kittens dying all the time. And it's always my fault. Hmm, I wonder what it means. I've been sort of assuming it means a failure to live up to one's responsibilities, kind of like how mothers dream of their babies dying (but us non-mothers have to get more creative than that). Would you agree?

I've been sort of assuming it means a failure to live up to one's responsibilities, kind of like how mothers dream of their babies dying

I've had that kind of dream sometimes, though I actually sometimes have newly-adopted children who do the dying then, (or maybe I'm a different person in the dream, a woman who already has kids).

This particular kitten's death wasn't my fault--after the first time it died, I learned that he had some congenital defect and couldn't have lived very long at all no matter what anyone did for him. When I went back in time, my only responsibility was to let him know I was there and give him as much comfort as I could.

We may, then, use kittens to represent slightly different things. Which is why I don't put stock in dream dictionaries. Everyone's set of symbols is personal to them. (And the dictionaries never have anything positive about spiders - it's always 'swarming around you' or 'biting you' or 'giant spiders trying to eat you'... nothing about them befriending you or just generally hanging out in a benevolent manner.)

Everyone's set of symbols is personal to them.

and, at least for me, changeable. If I actually had responsibility for a kitten, kittens would probably play a very different role in my dreams.

Good point. And I saw a spike in kittens-dying dreams when I was fostering the Toebiter.