THE DREAM I was walking through a village on my own with a book in my hands, and when I came to cross a bridge there was an old woman in the way. I dropped my book over the bridge when I tried to pass her and it landed in the river. I tried to reach out for it, but I couldn't, and instead, my friend reached down to get it for me by climbing under the bridge. At this point, the old lady told me something that I can't remember, and when I looked under the bridge a wolfish creature was attacking him. It was gruesome. I shouted to it to let him go, but he stared me right in the eyes and pointed to the sky. Though he did not speak, it took the form of a werewolf, and told me that if I interfered with this act, my family would pay the price. I pulled away and watched it kill my friend, before the creature left him in a house I found familiar, and offered me his flesh. Shortly after this I fled, not accepting the offering from the wolf, which now looked like a woman. I remember being able to run faster then normal and I escaped. My last memory of the dream was having a cat in my arms.

GUESSWORK The dreamer always tried to be honest about her opinions and feelings but at the same time, she did not want to hurt her friend's feelings. She tried to be more sensitive when he became introverted. Yet when he asked for advice she finds herself being brutally honest. He then had a tendency to become both unpleasant and paranoid. She was afraid her honesty would damage their friendship.

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ASSOCIATIONS AND SYMBOLISM The following associations and symbolic meanings can be attached to this dream.
1. The dream features the dreamers friend. Often a dream maybe about a person who appears in the dream. This is not always the case but its worth bearing in mind.
2. In the dream the dreamer is instructed not to intervene. This is a key part of the dream and maybe gives its meaning. The message not to intervene was extremely relevant to the dreamers situation. She felt that she should not intervene in a situation involving her friend. That she often started telling him the truth and could not help offending him.
3. The werewolf's attack is a brutal act. It maybe signifies the brutality of the truth. Life is often brutal and difficult. The dreamer often says things that she regrets.

DREAM ANALYSISThis dream possibly links to a situation which was on the dreamers mind. This dream deals with the following themes.
- A need not to intervene
- The dreamers relationship with her friend

If you weave together these various symbolic meanings and themes and link them to reality you find that this dream could easily represent the following key emotion - "I do not enjoy telling my friend the truth. Its often unpleasant yet I feel a need to be honest. I sometimes get carried away. Maybe I should not get involved."

Dreams can link to recent thoughts and feelings. If those feelings are quite complex then the symbolism maybe difficult to test. The dreamer had an obvious situation which could have sparked a dream and here we have tried to show how the dream could express those thoughts.