I was shown into a room. A red room. Red wallpaper, red curtains, red carpet. They said it was a sitting-room, but I don’t know why they’d decided to confine its purpose just to sitting. Obviously, sitting was one of the things you could do in a room this size; but you could also stage operas, hold cycling races, and have an absolutely cracking game of frisbee, all at the same time, without having to move any of the furniture. It could rain in a room this big. Hugh Laurie
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In the story "The Red Room," by Holly Bourne, a little girl has a nightmare about being trapped in a room with red wallpaper. To an adult, this room would have been a very beautiful and comfortable place to live in. But to a little girl who is dreaming, she can only imagine that it is a place full of fear and dread. So what does the little girl do when she wakes up from her dream? She goes straight to the kitchen, grabs a knife from the drawer, and stabs her mother in the back. This is the message that the author is sending to readers: In dreams, don't be afraid of anything - because anything can happen.

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