THE DREAM A large brown rat bites my pet ginger cat. The cat has quite a loving nature and I adore him. The rat draws blood and I am distraught.

GUESSWORK The dreamer had been hoping that a romance would blossom between her and a guy. He had been rotten to her but she was trying to teach him to be more respectful towards her by ignoring him when he was being rude.

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ASSOCIATIONS AND SYMBOLIC MEANINGS
1. RAT. The rat represents the guy that the dreamer wished for romance to blossom with.
2. PET. The pet represents the type of relationship she wants with him - a pet like relationship with affection and love.
3. RAT BITES CAT. This represents the dreamers worst fears. She worries that he will continue to be rotten towards her. The rat biting a pet represents that cruelty.
4. DRAWS BLOOD. The blood represents emotional upset. In this case it is symbolic of the cruel behaviour towards her.

DREAM ANALYSIS In guesswork the dream was linked to the dreamers wish for romance with a man whom had been rude to her. The dream deals with the following themes
- rat like behaviour
- pet like behaviour
- cruelty

If you weave together the different themes you find that they could capture these thoughts -"I want a relationship with him. He is being rotten to me but I hope to teach him not to be so bad. I do suspect that he maybe cruel though."

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