Dottie’s Day Dreams - Wonderland

Dottie was very sleepy after her walk in the park.  She curled up on her favourite blanket next to Mum in the Dressing Up Chest.  The sewing machine was whirring away.  Mum was making a dress for someone called Alice.

Dottie thought about the little bunnies they had seen in the park scurrying about and as she fell into a deep sleep she began to dream.  She was no longer a dog she was a rabbit – a white rabbit with a large pocket watch and she had the feeling that she was late – a feeling she was not familiar with.  Welsh Terriers don’t often need to think about time – only dinner time that is!

Pip was in her dream too.  She was wearing a blue dress and she was drinking something from a small bottle.  She grew taller and taller until she ate a piece of cake – then she became smaller and smaller.  Wilf was acting very strangely in the dream too and he was wearing a top hat with a price tag on it.

Mum was dressed in a dress with read hearts on it and a crown.  There was a cat too with a wide grin, and playing card people paining roses.

This was just too strange for Dottie and she welcomed Mum’s voice as she called “Dinner Time”.  Dottie’s tummy rumbled. She stretched and yawned and scampered into the kitchen.

I wonder what Dottie will dream about next time!

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Dottie’s Day Dreams - Bunnies don’t lay eggs!

Dottie curled up on her soft blanket beside the Dressing up Chest and she listened to the whirring of Mum’s sewing machine.

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Dottie and Mum had been for a very long walk in the park and had walked over some very bumpy ground where the rabbits lived.  Mum had spotted two little bunnies scampering from one burrow to the next. When she told Dottie – who had missed them - the little terrier got very excited!

Dottie had heard Wilf and Pip talking about bunnies and eggs a lot lately and she was a bit confused.  Dottie didn’t know much about eggs but she was sure bunnies didn’t lay eggs – that was for chickens! What she didn’t know was that another time for celebration was coming up and that always meant lots of yummy treats.

Her tummy  started to rumble and Dottie began to wake up.

She heard Mum call “Dinner time”.  Dottie yawned and stretched and thought to herself “I think I am going to like Easter time”.

I wonder what Dottie will dream about next time.

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Dottie's Day Dreams - Summer Playtime

Dottie curled up on her soft blanket beside the Dressing up Chest and she listened to the whirring of Mum’s sewing machine.

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It was a very sunny day and Dottie was hot after her walk. Mum cooled her down in the garden sprinkling her with water from the watering can. 

The cool water reminded Dottie of the day Wilf and Pip had been playing Superheroes in the garden.  They both had long shiny capes with brightly coloured patterns and their names on them. They had masks on too which made them look very mysterious and brave. 

The children had water pistols and they squealed and bobbed about trying to squirt each other with water.  It was great fun and Dottie had enjoyed chasing the masked heroes around.

On Summer days like this Dottie remembered how they cooked sausages in the garden on the barbeque.  This thought made her tummy rumble and Dottie began to wake up.

She heard Mum call “Dinner time”.  Dottie yawned and stretched and thought to herself “I like Summer time”.

I wonder what Dottie will dream about next time.

Dottie's Day Dreams - Christmas Time

Dottie curled up on her soft blanket beside the Dressing up Chest and she listened to the whirring of Mum’s sewing machine. Mum was very busy making costumes for the school Nativity play.  Pip was going to be a shepherd and Wilf was going to be an angel. 

The children had been excited for a very long time. It wasn’t just because they were going to be in the school play it was because they were expecting a very important visitor. Not only were they going to celebrate the birthday of the most important baby king Jesus they told Dottie that Father Christmas would be coming whilst they were asleep to bring presents for them.

This all sounded very exciting but the most important thing on Dottie’s mind as usual was food and she knew that Mum had been doing a lot of cooking lately.  Dreaming about all the wonderful food made her tummy rumble and Dottie began to wake up.

She heard Mum call “Dinner time”.  Dottie yawned and stretched and thought to herself “I like Christmas time”.

I wonder what Dottie will dream about next time.

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Dottie's Day Dreams - In Sherwood Forest

Dottie curled up on her soft blanket beside the Dressing up Chest and she listened to the whirring of Mum’s sewing machine.  Dottie and Mum had walked in the woods that day and Dottie remembered the time Wilf dressed up as Robin Hood and asked Pip to be Maid Marion.  Pip wasn’t too keen on this idea – she preferred to be the leader in all their games.  But she gave in and told Dottie that she would have to be the Sheriff of Nottingham. Dottie didn’t know what a sheriff was and would have preferred to be one of the merry men she had heard them talk about. 

The three of them ran about in the woods. Wilf pretended to shoot things with a bow and arrow and Pip skipped through the long grass and looked up the names of the wild flowers in her nature book. 

Dottie wasn’t convinced that the Sheriff of Nottingham was the role for her and she decided to investigate what Mum had put in their picnic.   Of course once Dottie smelled cheese sandwiches that was it! She just had to tuck in!  “Oh Dottie” said Pip “with food constantly on your mind the part for you is definitely Friar Tuck!”

Dreaming about the sandwiches made her tummy rumble and Dottie began to wake up. She heard Mum call “Dinner time”.  Dottie yawned and stretched and thought to herself “I told them I should have been one of the Merry Men all along!” 
I wonder what Dottie will dream about next time.

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Dottie's Day Dreams - The Red Cape

Dottie curled up on her soft blanket beside the Dressing up Chest and she listened to the whirring of Mum’s sewing machine. 

Dottie was particularly tired after her walk.  She had met a German Shepherd in the park.  Mum reassured Dottie that he was friendly but he looked a bit too much like a wolf for her liking. This reminded Dottie of the day Pip took her red hooded cape from the dressing up chest.  She pulled a white dolls bonnet over Dottie’s head at covered her with a blanket (Dottie didn’t mind this bit).

“What big ears you have” Pip said to Dottie.  Dottie thought  “Don’t be cheeky, I have got neat little ears”.  “What big eyes you have” Pip said.” Big enough to see the biscuits you have in that basket Pip”, Dottie thought.  “What big teeth you have” Pip said.  Dottie thought to herself – "Yes, just the job for eating those biscuits".

At this point Wilf burst into the room.  “Did somebody say biscuits” said Wilf.  Pip Shrieked “Oh Wilf! You have got it all wrong you are meant to be a wood cutter today not a pirate”. “I haven’t got time for all that” Wilf replied “let’s eat those biscuits”.  Dottie agreed that this was a good idea.  She wasn’t in the least bit big or bad like the wolf in Pip’s story.

And so they sat together on the blanket and shared the yummy biscuits.

All this dreaming about biscuits had made Dottie’s tummy rumble so when Mum called “dinner time” Dottie woke up very quickly!

I wonder what Dottie will dream about next time.

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Dottie's Day Dreams - At the Seaside

Dottie curled up on her soft blanket beside the Dressing up Chest and she listened to the whirring of Mum’s sewing machine.  

                                    

She started thinking about the day she went to the seaside.  She enjoyed sniffing the salty sea air and paddling in the rock pools. 

Dottie was so busy playing in the pools and jumping from rock to rock that she didn’t notice the sea water getting deeper and deeper.  The tide was coming in - Dottie doesn’t know about things like tides.

Soon she realised that she was standing on a rock surrounded by the sea.  The beach looked far away and she didn’t know how to get back to safety. She began to feel frightened and she barked at the waves as they crashed against the rock and the water got closer and closer to her paws.

After what seemed like a very long time Dottie heard voices calling her name “Hold on Dottie we are coming to rescue you!”  She looked up and saw a small boat bobbing up and down on the waves.  As the boat came nearer she could see a boy and a girl dressed in red waistcoats. “Woof woof” she barked when she realised it was Pirate Pip and Pirate Wilf.  As they steered the little boat close to the rock Dottie was standing on she prepared to jump aboard.

When she was safely in the little boat she nuzzled up to Pirate Pip who gave her a comforting pat on her head and she knew that she was one very lucky pup.

“Dinner time” Mum called.  Dottie yawned and stretched and thought to herself “Phew! It was just a dream”.

I wonder what Dottie will dream about next time.

Illustration by Claire Keay