from the wardrobe, laid them down beside the bed and got back in. “This time I’ll get it right. I’ll show you!”
“Well, you’re not the only one!”
Once again, we turned our backs in indignation and concentrated on getting back to sleep. Again, I dropped off immediately. And I started dreaming again.
“Yessss!!! A dream!”
I got up immediately and hurriedly pulled on the shirt and trousers I’d laid beside the bed. I’d left my sandals in the hotel, too, so I slipped some shoes onto my bare feet. Then I dashed out of the house. If I failed to make it with that pretty girl this time, it would be the end of the world. I ran through the main street with my hair all over the place. I did knock down the odd passer-by, but this time I managed to keep running without being challenged. I turned off the main street onto the dark uphill road that led to the hotel. I raced up the road panting, my whole body covered in sweat. I caught sight of the hotel’s purple neon sign. My knees were about to give way.
“Where have you been all this time?” said the girl as I rushed into the room. Dressed in a bathrobe, she was drinking a bottle of beer she’d taken from the fridge. She looked utterly fed up.
“Sorry about that. Come on, then. Let’s get on the bed!”
As I went to embrace her, she turned her face away in disgust.
“No way! You’re covered in sweat! Go and have a wash!”
All right. I took off my clothes and went into the bathroom.
When I came back out, she was on her second bottle of beer. I suddenly remembered that I didn’t have any money. I wouldn’t even be able to pay for the hotel room, let alone the beer.
Alcohol had given her cheeks a rosy glow, and her eyes were beginning to look glazed. The front of her bathrobe had fallen open, revealing a glimpse of her plump white breasts.
“Come on then, let’s get you on the bed. Heheh, heheh, hehe-heheheh!”
I lifted the girl in my arms and laid her down on the bed, where I undressed her.
Her body felt much too realistic for this to be a dream.
Then the doorbell rang.
The sound of it woke me up.
I was in bed, lying on top of my wife and making love to her.
“What? You??” I groaned. “The last person I wanted to be doing it with!!”
My wife had woken up at the same time. “The feeling’s mutual!” she replied with immense displeasure.
The doorbell rang again. It was already morning. Sunlight flooded in through a gap in the curtains, illuminating the Dabba Dabba Tree at the foot of our bed. I’m self-employed, so I don’t have to get up early.
“Who could that be? At this time of the morning?”
“Go and find out,” said my wife.
“You go!”
“I haven’t got anything on.”
“Nor have I!”
“You can get dressed more quickly.”
I got up, slipped on my shirt and trousers and went to open the front door.
Standing there in the porch was our neighbour, Mr Miyamoto.
“Mr Miyamoto!…” I was going to mention our meeting at the hotel, but I managed to stop myself in time. That was a dream, after all. “What is it? At this time of the morning?”
“Yes, I’m sorry to bother you so early. It’s just that I’ve got this ‘Dabba Dabba Tree,’ you see,” he said. “It’s a kind of bonsai tree, and if you put it in your bedroom at night-”
“Yes, yes, yes,” I interrupted. “I know, I’ve got one myself.”
“Then you’ll know what I mean. As it happens, I’m in the middle of a dream right now. Me talking to you here is actually part of my dream. Now, I’ve been quite keen on your wife for some time, you see. And I’ve always wanted to, you know,
“She’s still in bed, actually.”
“So much the better!” he said, and tried to force his way in.
I barred his path in utter incredulity. “Now just you wait a minute! This may be a dream for you, but for me it’s reality. I’m not going to let you barge in here and sully my wife’s honour just to fulfil your dream!”
“But I really want to make love to her! Otherwise what’s the point of having an erotic dream?”
As we stood there arguing, Miyamoto’s wife came running up.
“Oh dear! I really am sorry for my husband’s selfishness. I said you shouldn’t go, didn’t I?! Look how much trouble you’re causing our neighbour!”
“I know what,” Miyamoto said, turning to me. “You can have sex with my wife. Now that’s got to be fair, hasn’t it?”
“Oh!” gasped his wife. Her face immediately turned a shade of crimson. She looked up at me with fluttering eyes and started to contort her body suggestively. “I’m sure he wouldn’t be interested in an ordinary woman like me.”
I found it hard to agree, and looked her over. She was a slim, good-looking woman with an oval face and large eyes. Yes, now that I saw her in this light, she was actually quite attractive. I gulped.
“No, no, not at all,” I eventually replied. “Quite the opposite, in fact. That is, if
She wriggled in embarrassment. “Well! I never dreamt this would happen. I mean, I don’t mind at all, if
“Really? Well, in-in-in that case… um…” I turned to Miyamoto, to make sure it was all right by him. But he’d already slipped into the bedroom. “Right, OK, so let’s get… um…”
“Right, yes, let’s, shall we? Haha! Who would have thought it? Ho ho ho!” Mrs Miyamoto started to take off her blue-and-white striped dress, revealing a dark blue bra and panties underneath.
I ripped off my shirt and trousers, put my arm around her shoulders and led her into the bedroom. Her whole body was quivering with excitement. Her husband and my wife were already at it on the double bed.
“Er, excuse me, could you move over a bit?”
“Yes, of course.”
Miyamoto shifted over to the edge of the bed while still making love to my wife. I flopped down on the other side with Mrs Miyamoto. We threw our arms around each other and started getting down to it.
The two women began to gasp and pant, each spurred on by the other. Then the doorbell rang.
“You go this time,” I said to my wife.
“No!” she replied through her panting, shaking her head vigorously. “You go, please!!”
I reluctantly prised myself from Mrs Miyamoto’s tight embrace, threw on my shirt and trousers, and went to open the front door. Standing there in the porch was the Lola Cosmetics salesgirl. Now, this woman was stunningly beautiful. I’d always had a secret lust for her.
“Er… Good morning! Is your wife at home?” she asked.
“Oh, it’s you! Heheheheheh!” I replied slowly. I licked my lips and rolled my eyes over her voluptuous physique, compressed into a suit of pure white. “Yes. Of course she’s at home. Anyway, why don’t you come in!”
She gave me a dubious look and edged into the hallway, keeping her distance at all times, before closing the door behind her.
“By the way, have you ever heard of the Dabba Dabba Tree?” I asked, still staring lewdly at her body.
“No. What’s that?”