nose

I dreamt that a man was walking to a shop, a little old fashioned shop.  It almost seemed like an older time as well.  This man had a long nose, well more like it would grow, like Pinocchio, but then it would shrink back to normal. I thought maybe he was thinking untruthful thoughts and when he stopped, his nose would return to normal, but then his nose grew out into the shape of a fish... then back, then a bulb, then back. He certainly had a problem.

He walked into the shop and headed straight for the counter where there was a small stand holding a card and a basket of more cards in front of it. The card had a a blue line drawing of a basket and if you pulled on a paper tag it would move as if something was going to fall in it, abundance, something good ...

The man had heard of another man that had used this card and his wish came true. He wanted to make a wish. The story went that you would definitely get something from the card, but you wouldn't be guaranteed your wish, so it was a risk. This man was full of anxiety and fear as he chose his card. It was another white card but this time it had a black shiny figure on it who also had a long nose with a bulb at the end. He eagerly pulled the tab ... and nothing happened. Mind you his nose wasn't in some odd shape, but he didn't feel any different. Then out popped a life size version of the black shiny figure with the long nose. The man fell back and was startled and then realized he needed to run. The black figure was after him, batting at him with his nose as he ran.