Woofy

Before going to sleep, Anthony tells Woofy ghost stories. Once the lights are out, Anthony starts getting a bit frightened … he thinks he can see shadows coming alive! He’d really like a glass of water but doesn’t feel brave enough to go down to the kitchen in the dark. Although he knows the stairs really well, at night they seem a bit spooky … Our two friends decide to go down together….

Woofy has had enough : at the moment it seems that Anthony is giving him orders the whole time. Anthony warns him that if he’s not careful, his mother will find out that he is a real dog and will chase him out of the house. Then Woofy meets Scratchy, a stray dog who makes Woofy think twice about his present life: dogs are meant to live in the wild, not to obey human beings who only want to order them around. Woofy lets Scratchy lead him astray but quickly becomes disillusioned …

Anthony’s mother thinks that her son’s bedroom is far too untidy. Anthony asks Woofy to help him tidy up, because he is a bit responsible too for all this mess after all. Woofy pretends to be ill and Anthony gets so worried that he decides to take him to the vet. Woofy doesn’t dare argue but runs away just before it’s his turn to see the vet.

Woofy gets engulfed in a fairy tale book he’s reading. “Can you imagine it Anthony? Ogres that can turn into mice! Fairies with a whisk of their magic wand can …”. Anthony interrupts his dog, whilst shrugging his shoulders and explains that these stories aren’t real. Woofy sticks to his guns, it must be true - it’s written in the books!! When Great Aunt Cornelia arrives, he manages to persuade Anthony that she’s a witch.

Woofy has hiccups and can’t talk without being interrupted every other second. Anthony affectionately teases him but Woofy doesn’t find it very funny. Anthony tries all different methods to try and stop the hiccups but to no avail. Woofy starts to imagine that he will have to live with hiccups for the rest of his life, and if he can’t be silent, he will have to leave the house and become a stray dog again.

Anthony grumbles. Since Marina was born, she has taken over the house-hold. “Before, I was top dog!”. Trying to be prudent but honest at the same time, Woofy makes the mistake of defending Marina. Tempers rise and Woofy finds himself obliged by his young master to take back his words. “Not on your life!” says Woofy before proudly leaving the room and slamming the door. He is marching along the corridor when suddenly a podgy little hand grabs him. He is taken “prisoner” by Marina, dressed up in a long dress and covered with make-up … until Anthony finally comes to rescue him.