The Dog in the Night

The Dog in the Night
Years ago, when I lived in the caravan my previous dog Tex would often wake me up if I was having a nightmare. Dook, my dog now has never done this. He never comes up on to my bed as Tex did. He never licks my face. Last night I was deeply dreaming about a journey on a double decker train along with a selection of football hooligans. At one point I got into a fight and in the chaos I lost my dog. Looking upstairs, a lad had taken my dog saying that, due to my fighting I had ignored the dog and couldn't keep him properly. He aimed to keep him. I woke up in anger at this but relief soon followed to find I had been woken up by Dook who stood above me licking my face. I can't recall any similar dream, not even a dream where my dog was the central character. So the first time I've had a nightmare about losing my dog I was woken up for the first time by my dog for the first time licking my face to wake me up in the middle of the night.


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