“I napped but I had stressful nap dreams.”
“Oh,” Mrs. Coulter tuts with a playful pout, “Poor darling.” She shakes her head, and then a smile as sweet as honey brightens her face. She tilts her chin up and watches Telly. From across the table she offers a comforting hand, and the golden monkey watches from beneath, always cataloging the others behavior, prepared to give a silent warning to Mrs. Coulter should she need to rethink the situation. “Some stresses simply cannot be escaped by sleeping. However, sometimes discussing those stresses can help you find a solution to them, and then you needn’t be worried about that particular stress again. Here, why don’t you tell me what you dreamt, and I’ll see if I can help at all.”


















