Cindy yawned and stretched as she started her day. It was time to walk her pet octopus.

She pulled Ollie out of his protective shell, and they walked across the ocean floor.

"Good morning!" she called to Wally the Whale.

Suddenly, Wally decided to give Cindy and Ollie a ride by lifting them up, completely out of the ocean and depositing them on the sandy shore.

"Mom! Dad! Where have you been?"

"We've been right here. You took a nap."

"Yeah, I just had the craziest dream. I lived on the ocean floor, and I could breathe underwater and everything. I even had a pet octopus."

Just then, a wave crashed onto the shore, depositing a baby octopus onto the sand.

"Ollie! There you are!" Cindy exclaimed. "Can we keep him?"

"I can't believe I'm saying this," Dad replied. "But yes. You can have a pet octopus."

Cindy squealed with delight. Sometimes, the most improbable dreams come true.