and i think what a stupid idea it was , that he could be walking up the side of some guy 's rig to give him a warning about a flapper and just get creamed by a drunk , the sort of idea you could only have in a stupid dream where everything seems so real ... and i start to swing my legs out of bed ... sometimes i see my ankles go into a patch of sun ... it even feels warm ... and then i wake up for real , and it 's dark , and i 've got the blankets pulled up around me but i 'm still cold , shivering and cold , and i know that the dream was a dream . '