THE DREAM I was in the forest my daughter was there with me and a pack of wolves at least 6 or 7 were chasing something, we were down in like a bank and looking up the wolves were on a cliff... right at the end of the cliff they stopped and some one called them to stop and they all backed up slowly and left. In the same dream, I was with someone in the woods (actually there were many people), but I was standing with one person and all of a sudden my 15 year old daughter was in great danger as I sensed this and I started running about a half a mile from where I was to her. The person that was with her was leaving and I just watched up on a little hill this person get into a bus, then all of a sudden my daughter was surrounded by a bunch of men and they were not good men and I bolted towards her saying "you fucking bastards" and as I reached them the person that was with my daughter got off the bus (whom was also with me...I think they were the same person) and once I reached my daughter and this group of bad men they all turned into a package of cooked meat that I started throwing furiously until the last piece of cooked meat that was my daughter... then I woke up with my heart pounding.

GUESSWORK All day prior to this dream the dreamer was thinking about how her relationship with her partner no longer serves its purpose. She was looking inside herself to see why she was still in a relationship that is not productive, loving and full of beautiful, magical romance and happiness.

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ASSOCIATIONS AND SYMBOLIC MEANINGS
1. BAD MEN and WOLVES. These are negative symbols and so will tend to represent something negative. The thoughts dominating the dreamers mind the day before suggest that the wolves and bad men represent the state of her relationship. Its something that's unpleasant.
2. WATCHING FROM HILL. This is a good clue to the dream. The dream is watching from a distance. This probably represents the way the dreamer is taking a good hard look at her life.
3. PROTECTING DAUGHTER. Dreams about children will often represent the dreamers hopes and dreams. Its about their long term future. Making things safe and secure for a child's upbringing.

DREAM ANALYSIS In guesswork the dream was linked to the dreamers thoughts about her relationship. The dream deals with the following themes
- bad relationships
- taking a long hard look
- a safe and happy place for your children

If you weave together the different themes you find that they could capture these thoughts -"I was taking a long hard look at my relationship last night. Its really not productive or romantic and not the sort of environment I want my daughter to be brought up in."

It may have been that the dreamer was thinking specifically at some point about her daughter and how an unfulfilled relationship was not a good place to bring up her daughter. But daughters and children often refer to your own hopes and dreams. They are the future and so dreams about your children maybe about your own future.