Felix Discovers the DreamWorld and Other Stories

By Alyce Wilson

In this book for young readers, Felix learns about the DreamWorld from his mother: a place where you can do anything and go anywhere. With a child's eye for the absurd, he explores this land with his best friends, a robot named Hobart and a dinosaur named Drusus. Felix and his friends fight a dragon, meet a unicorn, and learn that the DreamWorld offers surprises Felix could never have imagined while awake.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alyce Wilson
• Release date: Nov 23, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311458667

Alyce Wilson

Alyce Wilson is the editor of the online literary magazine Wild Violet and in her copious spare time writes humor, non-fiction and poetry, keeps several blogs, and is always working on a writing project. Her book of poems, Picturebook of the Martyrs, and collection of essays and columns, The Art of Life, can be found on her web site (alycewilson.com), along with an entirely silly personal history of the Penn State Monty Python Society, Dedicated Idiocy. She plans to continue Felix's DreamWorld adventures in a full-length children's chapter book. She lives with her husband and son in suburban Philadelphia and takes far too many photos of anything she finds beautiful or humorous.

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Felix Discovers the DreamWorld, and Other Stories

Copyright 2014 Alyce Wilson

Published by Alyce Wilson at Smashwords

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Cover Image: A composite image by the author, using the work of two artists and one photographer, all of whom made their work available on Flickr for commercial use and allowed changes under the Creative Commons license. The works and the changes made are: Space by Sweetie187 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/58782395@N03), unaltered; Reptilez by Quinn Dombrowski (https://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya), recolored; Buddy Robot by Seth Wekheiser (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sethw), recolored.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter One - Felix Discovers the DreamWorld

Chapter Two - Felix Learns to Fly

Chapter Three - Felix Visits the DreamWorld Zoo

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Acknowledgements

Every morning at breakfast, my mother would ask me, What did you dream last night? She taught me to believe in dreams, ghosts and faeries, and I owe her thanks for more reasons than can be listed here.

My son, whose online nickname is Kung Fu Panda, or KFP for short, inspired these stories with his never-ending imagination and love of books. I also owe a debt to such children's authors as A.A. Milne, Judy Schachner and Ian Falconer, all favorites of my son.

And of course, I must thank my ever-supportive husband, who urged me to believe.

Chapter One - Felix Discovers the Dreamworld

Why is it bedtime? Felix asked his Mommy for the second time, because he hadn't liked her first answer.

Because it's night, she said.

He made a face so she would know how grumpy the answer made him feel. Why do I have to sleep just because it's night?

His Mommy sighed a little and said, Because you need to rest. Your body needs to shut down for a while so that you can wake up refreshed and healthy.

Like Hobart? Felix asked, gesturing to his silver and purple plastic robot, standing on his nightstand. He powers down when his batteries are getting low.

His Mommy brightened. "Yes, exactly like that! You need to power down and recharge. Just