Book3:WereMyDreamIs

mhehadnotseenforalongtime,Lightniloudaedneighsandgallopedtowardshightningimmediatelyleaptintotheairandwithjustafewfpsofhismightywingsstoppedbeforehismaster.Dimitripattedhisnecklovinglyandthehorsenudgedhimaffeately.Dimitrisawthathismagicswordwassafelytuckedbythesideofthesaddleashejumpedontothebackofhismagicsteed.Dimitritookupthereinsandsaid,“Let’sflyuptotheKingZeus’sseventhheavestoseemeforsomethi’sgoahadhappened.”Lightningfppedhismightywingsandmanandhorseflewupintotheskies.SuddeoppedandflewbackbecauseDimitrirememberedheseemedtohavepromisedtotakeCharinawithhim.

    Maureen,whohadbeenlyingquietlyonDimitri’spasifasleep,suddenlyraisedhishead.Earserect,helookedvigintlytowardsthefrontdoorandjumpeddowntothegroundbarkingferociously.DimitrihadbeenreminisgandretioriesoftheKingdomofDreamsandCharinawaslisteningilywhiletakingnotes.Maureen’sfranticbarkingfollowedbythedoorbell’sinsistentringinginterruptedtheirdreamliketrance.Charinalookedoutthewindowandsawitwasgettingdark.Thenlookingattheclockshesawitwasalready8:05p.m.

    “Howtimeflies!uestsarehere”excimedCharinaandhurriedtoopenthedoor.Shefoundfourandahalfmenofdifferentshapesandsizesstandingoutside.ThefourtalndmuscurmenwereofcourseRichard,Jamaz,Mr.KaffeeandBig-O.WhenCharihedoor,thehalf-manwhowasstraddledpiggybaRichard’sneck,whowasofcoursethewhite-beardedDwarfMickey,squeakedinhishighpitchedvoicesaying,

    “Hi,wearetheoneswho,asyousay,looklikevaudevillians.Wearehereatyourinvitationandhopeyouhavelotsofgoodiesforustoeat.Gothemout.Ha,ha…”Ch