THE BUG (March 11, 2012)

I dreamt that someone had shown me a largish wooden toy that immediately aroused my attention. It was a ladybug mounted on wheels. Made out of a single board, it looked like a Volkswagen bug in profile. Painted bright red, it had several black dots on its body. The head, which would correspond to the car’s front, was painted black. And so were the wheels. For some reason, the toy struck me as extraordinary. More, mysterious. It told an important story, which somehow escaped me. Try as I might, the enigmatic connection with the famous car brand remained beyond my reach, though. I realized there was no mystery to the toy only when I woke up. The connection between the car and the bug is obvious in its popular nickname. In addition, the likeness between the toy and the car was most likely purely accidental on account of the wheels. Disappointed, I turned around in expectation of a dream worth remembering.