It was a great day for a picnic. The family had left their home in London and driven to the country. After eating the adults sat on the blanket and talked while the children played with their puppy. At one point in the game one of the children picked up a stick and threw it. The puppy barked happily and took off after the stick. The child had thrown the stick very far so it took the puppy a few minutes to find it. When she located the stick the puppy picked it up and turned around. As she got closer to her family's picnic spot the puppy noticed something was wrong. The spot was empty and her family was driving away in their car! The puppy ran after the car as fast as she could but it was no use. She wasn't fast enough and the car drove on getting smaller, and smaller, and smaller…
Colleen's eyes flew open and she sat up in bed panting. After she had calmed down Colleen laid back down and tried to go back to sleep. But it was no use. Colleen never could go back to sleep after having that dream. Still she waited a few more minutes before she decided to get a hot drink to finish calming her nerves.
On her way to the kitchen Colleen hoped that no one else would be up. But upon entering the kitchen she was unhappy to discover that she would have company. She was even unhappier to discover that that company was Blitz. However there was nothing Colleen could do about this so she made her drink and sat across from Blitz at the table.
"What are you doing up" Blitz asked rather rudely when he saw her.
"I couldn't sleep" Colleen replied curtly.
"Why not? It's not like your life had been ruined" Blitz snapped.
"None of your business" Colleen snapped back. Then she turned her back on Blitz. For the next several minutes the two dogs sat in silence. Then all of a sudden a voice in Colleen's head spoke up.
"Tell him" the voice commanded.
"No" Colleen replied.
"Tell him" the voice commanded again.
"Why should I? My dream has nothing to do with him".
"Oh really"?
"Really"!
"That's a lie and you know it" the voice stated. "Now tell him or I'll make sure you have that dream every night until you do"!
"Fine I'll tell him" Colleen snapped. She hated fighting with herself. She always seemed to win.
Colleen took a deep breath and let it out slowly. Then she looked over her shoulder at Blitz. The Doberman had turned his back to her and was staring at the wall.
"Blitz" Colleen said quietly.
"What?" Blitz replied refusing to turn around.
"I have something to tell you" Colleen continued. "It's about my dream".
"What is it" Blitz asked finally looking over his shoulder.
"It wasn't just a dream. It was a memory".
"And I care because…"
"Because I was remembering the day I was abandoned".
That statement grabbed the rest of Blitz's attention and he turned completely around to face Colleen.
"You were abandoned" he asked shocked. "When"?
Colleen stared at Blitz. "Before I tell you anything else you have to swear that you will not tell anyone what I am about to tell you".
"I swear" Blitz replied.
Colleen took a deep breath. "It happened when I was just a pup" she began.
Over the next several minutes Colleen told Blitz her life story through the day of the fateful picnic. When she was finished Blitz cleared his throat.
"I'm sorry you had to go through that" he said.
"It's ok. It was a long time ago" Colleen replied.
"It's still rotten" Blitz insisted. Then he fidgeted silently for a moment. "Colleen" he finally continued. "Do you think my owner has abandoned me for good"?
Colleen walked over to Blitz and put a hand on his shoulder. "Your owner is angry Blitz. His home was robbed. Give him a few days to calm down and I am sure he will come to his senses".