Miller wrote: “To dream of reading or telling fables, denotes pleasant tasks and a literary turn of mind.”
The historical account
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Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Fables · Heading 742; source lines 8759–8767 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of reading or telling fables, denotes pleasant tasks and a literary turn of mind. To the young, it signifies romantic attachments.
To hear, or tell, religious fables, denotes that the dreamer will become very devotional.
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