The Dream of The Arizonian China Trip with Grandpa
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I had this very peculiar dream last night. This is what happened.
I went to China with my grandpa, grandma, and father. I had joined them after spending $440 on a ticket to get there and join them. I had traveled alone to meet them. We were eating at a traditional Chinese restaurant and conversing about this strange land we were in. I got up to use the restroom and noticed some flyers for tourists on the counter. There were two in particular. One was for a geological formation that looked very much like Devil's tower in South Dakota, only shorter and smaller. The other was for a mystical rock garden similar to Stone Henge. I knew I was only in China one full day, and I wanted to make the most of it, so I brought the flyers to my grandpa and tried to make the case that we should visit them in the morning before I left for the USA at 7pm. They did not have a rental car, and so they informed me it would be very difficult to get to both of these remote sites. Of the two, I wanted to see the mystical rock garden. It was round, with a central rock like a spire. Surrounding it were other circular formations of pillars of stone. It was surrounded by green lush land. The other, the large rock mountain, was surrounded by desert and looked a lot like Arizona. My grandpa decided we could take the trip in the morning, but only to the large rock mountain I did not want to see so much as the other. At that point I left the restaurant and we were in this very large city. Knowing I had only 24 hours in China, I wanted to make the most of it, but there was not much I could do in 24 hours. Out in the streets of this big city, the name of which I did not know, I saw a video on a large screen next to an intersection that depicted a monster coming out of the road in the dead center, showing the very road intersection I was looking at. It was likened to King Kong, but not exactly a large gorilla, more like an alien. I passed this strange video and wandered down the streets of this strange metropolis. I ended up at a famous water fountain I had heard about. It was very large, about the size of a small 3 story business building. It was a large globe like structure suspended by three arc-like arms from above. It was a grey-black metallic structure and it had colored light beams and water streams coming out of it as if it was choreographed. I was so excited to finally see this beautiful sight. A motherly figure caught up to me that I knew, and watched this earth-fountain display its beauty. My trip to China felt complete, and I woke up.