Measles and a Sucker

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I had the measles when I was about seven or eight years old. My mom had gotten me a huge round sucker with jelly pieces on it for the face. She put it in the vase on the table in the livingroom where I was decked out on the couch at my grandmother's. My grams was my caregiver while mom worked and we lived just across the drive in a little trailer. I was a sick cookie for several days and that sucker looked so good to a little girl who hadn't had a treat in what seemed like months. My fever was high and when I slept I dreamt of running and being pursued by a man. I was running over a plowed field and running and running. The man was dressed nicely and looked normal but was continuing to chase me across the field for what seemed like eternity. Never any deviation in this scenario. Running, the man, plowed feild. That was in the late 50's. Fast forward fifty five + years and here I am still having this dream. Same one. I have had two bad hits to the front right side of my fore head in auto accidents and this has left my memory suffering and I don't dream often. Except when I am sick enough to have a high fever. And, I will have that dream.