It was five AM and Dannie was fast asleep when suddenly a tapping on her cheek. Dannie waved away whatever nuisance it was and kept dreaming about school. Then once again…only this time 4 or maybe 5 taps of sharp points on her cheek and… “Dannie…Dannie….c’mon wake up!”… a whispering voice very close to her left ear. Dannie opened her eyes and there was Clover’s nose right in her face…”Good!” said Clover.

WHAT??? SAID CLOVER??? And yes…sure enough it was Dannie’s Chihuahua Clover actually talking…to her…
“Ah….Clover?”
“Yes Dannie I want to talk to you and I’ve only got an hour before the spell wears off!”
“I….I don’t understand….dogs can’t talk!!!”
“Well I can…at least for an hour….well 59 minutes now.”
“But I don’t understand.” said Dannie
“Me either but let’s not take time to explain…I want to talk to you about lots of…well…dog things that have been on my mind!”

Dannie rubbed both of her eyes with her hands but afterward Clover was still there and still talking!
“Yes…I want more table scraps and a new chew toy…I love those things! Even better than bones!”
“You’re…actually….talking….”
“We’ve covered that…listen…when you walk me don’t pull my leash so hard…you do that sometimes..and I know you don’t mean to…”
“OK I won’t anymore.”

“Good…we’re making progress here…and when it rains I wanna be INside…OK?”
“Ah…well…sure…but I’m at school during the day…and…”
“I know I know…but us Chi WOW WOWs we get cold VERY easily and the rain well…it’s cold and wet and…”
“Yeah…OK….so what’s it like to be a dog anyway Clover?”
“Well…what’s it like to be a human? I mean you have to go to school…do chores…homework…yuck!” exclaimed Clover.
“By the way it’s Chihuahua not WOW WOW!” corrected Dannie.
“In 56 more minutes my pronunciation won’t matter…so please answer my question about humans.”
“Well…being a human is hard work and you have to do lots of stuff you don’t really want to…but there are play times for kids and that’s fun!”
“Ummm…well…dogs have to do what humans want us to and often we don’t want to do those things.”Clover shook her head side to side.
“I guess all of us have to do stuff we don’t really want to but that’s the way it is…and I guess has always been.”Dannie shook her head from side to side.

“Well…on a happier note… I LOVE to play fetch and run and chase balls and twigs and things.” said Clover.
“And I love to play horses and ride them and watch TV and do all kinds of fun stuff…and I even like school most of the time.”Dannie told Clover.
“Well you are a lucky girl in many ways and I am a lucky Chi WOW WOW too!” smiled Clover.  And Dannie petted Clover on the head and Clover nuzzled Dannie’s hand.
The two spent the next 45 or so minutes talking about life in their world. Dannie told Clover that she wanted to be a Veterinarian when she grew up and Clover said she wanted to be a Great Dane!
“Well…Clover That’s not going to happen you’re a Chi WOW WOW and you’ll ALWAYS be a Chi wow wow!” (Dannie giggled)
Then just as Clover was talking about rolling in the grass her voice suddenly and without warning…in fact right in the middle of the word “ROLLING”… her speaking voice became silent. Oh she could still bark…but talk?…that was gone!
Dannie and Clover had been having so much fun talking about human and dog stuff that the hour had FLOWN by!
Clover looked around and tried to speak a couple  more times without success then just jumped down off of the bed. Dannie put her head back down on the pillow and fell fast asleep.
Dannie awoke at the usual time for school and looked for Clover but the dog wasn’t in her room and the door was still shut just as it had been all night long.
“I…guess it must have…all been a dream…a wonderful dream.” thought Dannie.
Then as Dannie was leaving for school she saw Clover and the dog came to Dannie…licked her hand, smiled and…then Clover, nodding her head…slyly winked at her!
“I wonder?” thought Dannie as she headed for school.