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Starfish Dream I had this dream a few days ago but until now i still remember it clearly. It was a sad dream but maybe it would sound funny if i narrated it. My brother was so mad at me and I was so mad at him too because I soiled the camera that I just bought. He said I wasn't handling it carefully. And then he turned into a pile of starfish and I was so sad because it means that he died as a human and i cannot talk to him anymore. And so, we got all the starfishes and threw them at the sea, letting them live. I know, it's weird.

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Starfish Dream

I had this dream a few days ago but until now i still remember it clearly. It was a sad dream but maybe it would sound funny if i narrated it.

My brother was so mad at me and I was so mad at him too because I soiled the camera that I just bought. He said I wasn't handling it carefully. And then he turned into a pile of starfish and I was so sad because it means that he died as a human and i cannot talk to him anymore. And so, we got all the starfishes and threw them at the sea, letting them live.

I know, it's weird.

 

Here's a couple of things I thought of in this passage. It is very fluid and natural of course, but there are subtle problems. "my brother was so mad at me..." the word 'so' implies that this anger is the cause of something, not just the result of something. E.g. 'My brother was really angry with me because i dropped the camera' is correct and 'my brother was so mad that he shouted at me'

 

Also, i am not sure of your meaning with the word 'spoiled'. There are a few meanings, but they don't really fit with the story. it literally means 'to dirty, with the ground'. 'The clothes that fell on the ground were soiled.' It is also a more polite way to refer to a toilet problem 'the Child soiled his nappy'. But in the context of the camera, you would probably say 'dirtied' or broke / damaged / dropped, depending on your meaning.

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