In the Nun's Priest's Tale, Pertelote chides her husband for being afraid of his dreams about being eaten. In his defense, Chanticleer tells her two tales about dreams foretelling the future.
But really? How reliable are two stories? I'm sure that Pertelote could have told him of three times as many incidents where she dreamed something strange or frightening, but nothing happened. I once dreamt that I was floating on an iceberg in the South Pole, with a massive crab the size of football stadium swimming underneath me. I didn't like the dream, but it didn't really happen. Why would the rooster tell two fairy tales in his defense?
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