Decius enters the house: "My lord! How are you today? I hope you are well because I have some to escort you to the capital because I hear they have something to present to you. And a great man like you can only be receiving one thing, am I right? The crown! Isn't this a wonderful day to be given such a honor?"
Caesar: "Yes my dear Decius it really is but I'm afraid I'll be staying in today. My wife had a bad dream and is afraid that something bad will happen to me. In her dream the streets ran with my blood and the people dipped their hands in it and celebrated my death. To add to that, there has been a lot of weird things going on lately and my wife just doesn't want to risk anything."
Decius: "Well pardon me but I think the interpretation is all wrong! I think that the dream was not praising Caesar's death but that the people of Rome wanted to touch him so badly and have a part of him that they dipped their hands in his blood."
Caesar: "I do like the sound of that! It sounds much more reasonable and plausible. How I thought for just one moment that the good people of Rome would want me dead I don't know. I will go with you Decius."
(After Caesar and Decius leave)
Calpurnia: "Oh my dear husband. I thought that you could at least listen to me for one moment and heed my warning. I don't ask much but why, of all the times you could have gone and acted like what I said didn't matter, did you choose now? May the gods be with you wherever you go."
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Calpurnia's Dream (Bad Omens) 1/2
(This is what Calpurnia might have been thinking when she had the dream about Caesar)
In the night: "Help! Help! Someone please help! the streets are filled with evil spirits and signs of my husbands death! His statue runs of his blood and the people of Rome have come to dip their hands in it and praise all through the streets that Caesar is dead! Oh help, someone please help!"
The next morning: "Oh Caesar my lord! I beg of you! Last night I had a horrifying dream. I dreamed of the people of Rome running through the street with your blood on their hands! They were celebrating your death and causing chaos as they went. And you know I don't believe in bad omens but today is not the day to go out. My dear husband please for my sake stay in today, what will it hurt? One day in the house wont hurt but if you go out something bad is bound to happen."
Caesar: "My dear wife, what is the meaning of all this? What makes you think that such things will happen? Everyone has bad dreams once in a while, I'm sure this is nothing different. And it was just a little rain, the gods should not punish me, of all people, for the weather."
Calpurnia: "Please, I know it may have just been a bad dream, but for my sake and my nerves, please stay in today. Do not go out and have the fate to know what might awaits you. You could tell them you were sick or that I asked you to stay or anything, just please stay."
Caesar: "Fine my wife you have convinced me to stay. I will not tell them I am sick because that is a lie but for you're sake I will stay."
In the night: "Help! Help! Someone please help! the streets are filled with evil spirits and signs of my husbands death! His statue runs of his blood and the people of Rome have come to dip their hands in it and praise all through the streets that Caesar is dead! Oh help, someone please help!"
The next morning: "Oh Caesar my lord! I beg of you! Last night I had a horrifying dream. I dreamed of the people of Rome running through the street with your blood on their hands! They were celebrating your death and causing chaos as they went. And you know I don't believe in bad omens but today is not the day to go out. My dear husband please for my sake stay in today, what will it hurt? One day in the house wont hurt but if you go out something bad is bound to happen."
Caesar: "My dear wife, what is the meaning of all this? What makes you think that such things will happen? Everyone has bad dreams once in a while, I'm sure this is nothing different. And it was just a little rain, the gods should not punish me, of all people, for the weather."
Calpurnia: "Please, I know it may have just been a bad dream, but for my sake and my nerves, please stay in today. Do not go out and have the fate to know what might awaits you. You could tell them you were sick or that I asked you to stay or anything, just please stay."
Caesar: "Fine my wife you have convinced me to stay. I will not tell them I am sick because that is a lie but for you're sake I will stay."
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