Dream 09.04.06

I was with a bunch of people who were all extremely irritated with me and I was trying to stay out of their way. We were wandering around the wilderness somewhere where we were seeing a variety of animals, from lions to mooses. Everyone was standing in a group doing the same nonsensical things they might do if this weren't a dream and I wandered a few feet ahead of them, staring out at the open field. I saw something walking through the tall yellow grass, pushing the weeds out of its way. It was a tree. We walked toward each other and met half way - no rush. Yeah, it was a tree, but it was also a person. Humanized. You know, his limbs were all branches and his face was twisted in the wood, blossoms coming out of his ears. He kept opening his mouth and trying to talk, but being half tree was his handicap and words just came out as moans and noises. He fell back onto the ground in a way so he was just sitting. He looked confused like he didn't understand what was going on. I started trying to coax him into letting me get close enough to help him up and everyone I was with started coming over to see what exactly was going on. He held out his hand and I grabbed it and pulled, trying to help him stand. In less than a second a crack shot up his arm, and right down his middle. He started screaming and crying out so I let go and moved my hands over my mouth. Shocked. He kept wailing and letting out terrible screams and with every little movement of him trying to get up and help himself he fell apart more and more, until he was in little pieces on the ground. I knelt down in the middle of a pile of wooden shards. No one said a word. I cried.