The Story of the Butler and Baker's Nightmares

Genesis 40:1-23

After staying up late on Halloween, Beth had a bad dream. She woke up all scared and called out, "Mother! Mother!" until her mother came.
"What is it, Dear One?" her mother said.
"I had a bad dream, Mother," said Beth. "I was getting out of bed to go to the bathroom and a big, hairy, green arm reached out from under the bed and grabbed my bare foot. Then it started to pull me under the bed. And I screamed for help, but when you came in, you turned into a monster and ate me."
"That is a very scary dream," Beth's mother said.
"Could it be true, Mother?" Beth asked. "Could there really be monsters under my bed?"
"Let me tell you a story about that," her mother said, sitting down on the edge of the bed beside Beth.
And this is the story she told:

One day, in ancient Egypt, there was a butler and a baker who worked for the Pharaoh. Because they had misbehaved, the Pharaoh threw them in prison where they met a man named Joseph.
While they were in prison, the butler and the baker had many dreams. In the morning, they were always upset because they didn't know what their dreams meant.
One morning, Joseph noticed that the butler and baker looked sad. "What's the matter?" he asked them.
"We're sad because we have dreams and we don't know what they mean," they said.
"I can ask God what the dreams mean," Joseph said. "Tell them to me."
The butler went first. "In my dream," he said, "I see a vine with three branches and lots of grapes. I'm holding the Pharaoh's cup, and I make grape juice from the grapes for Pharaoh."
"I know what that means," said Joseph. "It means that the Pharaoh will take you out of prison in three days so that you can bring him his cup. Please, when you get out, tell the Pharaoh that I helped you so that he will let me out."
The interpretation made the butler very happy and he promised to mention Joseph to the Pharaoh.
When the baker saw how well Joseph had done he told his own dream. "In my dream," said the baker, "I have three baskets on my head. In the top basket there is a lot of bread for Pharaoh, but birds keep eating it."
"I know what that means," said Joseph. "It means that the Pharaoh will take you out of prison in three days and hang you, and then birds will eat your dead body."
The interpretation did not make the baker very happy.
Three days later, Pharaoh let the butler and the baker out of prison. He gave the butler his old job back and he hanged the baker, just as Joseph had said he would.
Still, the butler forgot to mention Joseph to the Pharaoh, so Joseph had to stay in jail. And the birds ate the baker.

Beth thought about this for a moment. Then she began to sob and hugged her mother. "So you mean dreams can be true?" she asked. "Even bad ones?"
"Yes, Dear One," her mother said. "Even bad dreams can come true."
"Please, Mother, don't say that. I don't think that there's anything more horrible than that dream."
"Oh, no?" Beth's mother said, her grin becoming suddenly wide. "Well, what about THIS!" And when her mother's face changed, Beth began to scream.