Mary Kimble-smith was an ordinary 12-year-old girl; ordinary, that is, in every way except one. She suddenly started to walk in her 21_____. No one knew why this happened. The best guess seems to be that it represents 22______ : the sleep-walker is worried. This feeling normally remains under control during 23_______ hours, but at night, when the mind is in a more passive mode, it 24____ to the surface and shows itself in the form of physical movement.
At first, her family 25______ help from just about every doctor they could find. But none of them were able to suggest a means by which she could be 26______ . Then her parents were frightened, and they tried to wake her up. In fact, the general advice is that we should not wake a sleepwalker. To wake a person and bring them to a sudden 27_____ that they are not where they thought they were could 28______ the feelings of anxiety and perhaps even reinforce the habit.
Most sleepwalkers at last stop without any warning---- they just 29______ do it again. In Mary’s case though, she 30____ sleep-walking soon after her twelfth birthday and was still doing it the day before she died in 1989, at the age of 93.
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