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Daydreams In The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty
In the book “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Herbert, Walter Mitty daydreams all the time. He daydreams while driving, eating, and if he’s working he is probably day dreaming. I would have dinner with him because I can talk all I want, I can space out when I want and he won’t care. Also when I’m done eating I can leave him the bill and he has to pay. Those are some of the reasons I would like to have dinner with Walter Mitty.

The best reason I want to have dinner with Walter is that he and I can space out together whenever we want. So while Walter is daydreaming, I and start to daydream too. When I’m done daydreaming, I can tell Walter about my daydream, and when I am done telling him about my daydream I can try and get him to tell me about his daydream and if he keeps saying no I can keep on asking him until he tells me. Then after he tells me I can start to daydream again or I can just sit there on my phone.
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I can talk the whole time when I’m not daydreaming and I can do whatever and say whatever I want. I can also order a lot of food and I can eat in peace. I say that because he would be daydreaming the whole time and he won’t be talking so it will be quiet while I am eating so I am able to concentrate on eating my

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