He was about three years old, black like the night mare, and his face resembled that of the prior man.

Well, perhaps he could find a night mare and ask her to help him.

"You have never had a bad dream delivered by a night mare," he told her.

"So this is where the night mares spend their time off!"

They slept again, and this time no night mare visited.

This was the place of the night mares, after all.

The night mares come to it when they have trouble seeing well.

Few things moved faster than a night mare in a hurry!

But she was a night mare, with a century more experience than he had in life.

It seemed he thought the reference to night mare was a joke.