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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
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Andrew Lang
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THE
DOG
FANTI
Mrs.
Ogilvie
of
Drumquaigh
had
a
poodle
named
Fanti.
Her
family,
or
at
least
those
who
lived
with
her,
were
her
son,
the
laird,
and
three
daughters.
Of
these
the
two
younger,
at
a
certain
recent
date,
were
paying
a
short
visit
to
a
neighbouring
country
house.
Mrs.
Ogilvie
was
accustomed
to
breakfast
in
her
bedroom,
not
being
in
the
best
of
health.
One
morning
Miss
Ogilvie
came
down
to
breakfast
and
said
to
her
brother,
"I
had
an
odd
dream;
I
dreamed
Fanti
went
mad".
"Well,
that
is
odd,"
said
her
brother.
"So
did
I.
We
had
better
not
tell
mother;
it
might
make
her
nervous."
Miss
Ogilvie
went
up
after
breakfast
to
see
the
elder
lady,
who
said,
"Do
turn
out
Fanti;
I
dreamed
last
night
that
he
went
mad
and
bit".
In
the
afternoon
the
two
younger
sisters
came
home.
"How
did
you
enjoy
yourselves?"
one
of
the
others
asked.
"We
didn't
sleep
well.
I
was
dreaming
that
Fanti
went
mad
when
Mary
wakened
me,
and
said
she
had
dreamed
Fanti
went
mad,
and
turned
into
a
cat,
and
we
threw
him
into
the
fire."
Thus,
as
several
people
may
see
the
same
ghost
at
once,
several
people
may
dream
the
same
dream
at
once.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
Fanti
lived,
sane
and
harmless,
"all
the
length
of
all
his
years".
{4}
Now,
this
anecdote
is
credible,
certainly
is
credible
by
people
who
know
the
dreaming
family.
It
is
nothing
more
than
a
curiosity
of
coincidences;
and,
as
Fanti
remained
a
sober,
peaceful
hound,
in
face
of
five
dreamers,
the
absence
of
fulfilment
increases
the
readiness
of
belief.
But
compare
the
case
of
the
Swithinbanks.
Mr.
Swithinbank,
on
20th
May,
1883,
signed
for
publication
a
statement
to
this
effect:--
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
