. ▁So ▁I ▁said ▁to ▁my ▁little ▁boy , ▁" I ' ll ▁go ▁to ▁her ▁mother ▁and ▁tell ▁her ▁what ▁happened , ▁otherwise ▁she ' ll ▁think ▁' what ▁a ▁strange ▁lady .' " ▁[...] ▁Then ▁that ▁girl ▁came ▁out ▁again , ▁and ▁my ▁son ▁had ▁already ▁told ▁her ▁mother ▁that ▁I ▁had ▁tried ▁to ▁help ▁her ▁get ▁rid ▁of ▁her ▁cold ▁with ▁the ▁lot ah . ▁I ▁simply ▁knew ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁said ▁that , ▁but ▁I ▁didn ' t ▁hear ▁him ▁say ▁that ▁literally . ▁Then ▁I ▁said ▁to ▁that ▁girl ▁" In ▁the ▁future , ▁when ▁you ▁catch ▁a ▁cold , ▁you ▁should ▁go ▁to ▁the ▁doctor ▁and ▁have ▁him ▁write ▁out ▁a ▁pres cription ▁for ▁medicine ." </ blockquote > ▁ ▁In ▁general , ▁the ▁dream er ▁as ▁( to ▁continue ▁the ▁film ▁met ap hor ) ▁" script - writer " ▁appears ▁to ▁have ▁at ▁his ▁or ▁her ▁command ▁not ▁just ▁a ▁" story ▁grammar " ▁capable ▁of ▁generating ▁a ▁reason ably , ▁though ▁not ▁always , ▁coh er ent ▁ ▁overall ▁scenario , ▁but ▁also ▁the ▁lingu istic ▁p rag m atic ▁compet ence ▁to ▁generate ▁ver bal ▁dialog ue ▁which ▁is ▁usually , ▁though ▁again ▁not ▁always , ▁appropriate ▁to ▁that ▁scenario . ▁ ▁The oret ical ▁imp lications ▁for ▁dream ▁models ▁The ▁abund ance ▁of ▁ver bal ▁language ▁in ▁dream s — typ ically ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁dialog ue ▁between ▁the ▁dream er ▁and ▁other ▁characters ▁in ▁the ▁dream ▁scenario — which ▁generally