34. Little Kid Nightmares. Cody writes the next entry, and says that he’s been sleeping poorly because his father’s been bickering at him, and because of other chaos aboard the ship—Uncle Stew and Brian arguing, things crashing on his head, etc. Cody says that, whenever he does finally get to sleep, he gets woken up by Sophie screaming, because she’s experiencing nightmares. While Sophie won’t tell Cody what the dreams are about, she does start talking about the little kid she always mentions. When the little kid was about three years old, Sophie says, she went to the ocean, possibly with her mother, but Sophie isn’t sure. The little kid laid down on a blanket and fell asleep, and a wave of water started pouring over the little kid. Before the little kid was swept away, her mother grabbed her by the hand and stood them upright. Sophie says that the little kid still dreams about a wave coming for her.
The entry reveals another clue about Sophie’s past and the meaning behind her mysterious nightmare about “The Wave,” though this clue is couched in another story about the little kid. The little kid, serving as a way for Sophie to project her own history onto someone outside of herself, is really Sophie herself in this story about the wave. This early encounter with water pouring over her and threatening to sweep her away must have been traumatic to Sophie, who keeps reliving the trauma in her dreams. Just like Bompie keeps encountering water in his stories, Sophie keeps encountering the wave in her dreams.