I was in a crowded elevator with some people I know & some strangers - I don't know how it happened but I suddenly knew my father was dying behind me - he was being carried in somebody's arms, & I knew I mustn't turn around to look or I'd never forget it, but I took one quick look - he was blue & gasping, it didn't look like my father, but I knew it was he. & I looked quickly away. We got to the floor we got out on - by then he was dead. The man holding my father said, "Take him" - I was terribly afraid even to look at him, & I was afraid that the people in the elevator would notice. I heard a voice proclaiming down the hall (the hall was wide, bare, & echoing - like a hospital). "Wait - wait for S---- H----! " but I knew it was really S---- A---. He ran quickly toward the elevator, but the doors closed & we moved down. But what was lying in my arms (to my surprise) was a large sawdust dummy with an ugly papier mache face. No one noticed anything - the dream faded out. Interpretation I was feverish & had had a heavy penicillin shot, if that's relevant. S---- H---- is a casual acquaintance. S---- is pres. of I---- of which I'm sec. He and his wife are close friends of mine, & we work together several days a week. Answers to questions 2. Horrified, embarrassed - very unhappy.3. A participant4. Unpleasant5. No6. I must have been dreaming in color, because my father's face had a blue tinge, & the dummy was a muddy color with bright red checks.