All our dreams have something to do with our feelings, fears, longings, wishes, needs and memories. If a person is hungry, or tired, or cold, his dreams may (36) a feeling of this kind. If the (37) on your body, such as a blanket, have (38) off your bed, you may dream that you are sleeping on ice or in snow. The (39) for the dream you will have tonight is likely to come from the experiences yon have today.
So the (40) of your dream usually comes from something that has (41) on you while you are sleeping and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and the interests you have now. This is why very young children are likely to dream of (42) , older children of school examinations, hungry people of tood, (43) soldiers of their families.
To show you how that is happening while you are asleep and (44) , here is the story of an experiment. A man was asleep and the back of his hand was rubbed with absorbent cotton. He would dream that he was in a hospital and his charming girlfriend was visiting him, sitting on the bed and feeling his hand softly! (45) , and what those dreams mean. Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reasonable, (46) .They believe that dreams are mostly expressions of wishes that did not come true.