Nodkins Goes Dream Hopping
By Steve Cleverley/Sanj Sen
Hello. Tonight we’re going dream-hopping with a very special Moshling called Nodkins the Bedtime Bunny. So snuggle down, close your eyes, cosy up and relax.
Dreamhopping, dreamhopping, dream hop with me
Make sure your dreams are as sweet as can be
When you go to sleep at night what’s your favourite dream?
Perhaps you go to boboland or somewhere in-between?
Maybe you surf rainbow waves or drift through outer space?
Or jump on flying unicorns to fly from place to place?
But wouldn’t it be great if you could visit others’ dreams?
To check out what they dream about and see where they have been
Well, there’s a little Moshling who can do that any time
Especially when it’s twilight and the moon begin to shine
Her name is Nodkins, very cute, and normal as can be
She lives inside a burrow right beside a willow tree
But unlike other Bedtime Bunnies, Nodkins has a skill
To see in other Moshlings’ dreams and hop in them at will
Dreamhopping, dreamhopping, dream hop with me
Make sure your dreams are as sweet as can be
It’s quite exciting, jumping into someone else’s dream
A bit like surfing channels but without the TV screen
And every night at bedtime Nodkins goes on an adventure
By thinking of the Moshling’s name whose dream she’d like to enter
Tonight she starts with Tiki cos his dreams are always fun
They usually take place on islands bathed in golden sun
She concentrates then suddenly she boings onto a beach
Where Tiki’s playing croquet with a giant fuzzy peach
Several minutes later Nodkins hops out of the dream
Deciding that she’d like to try a different Moshi scene
She thinks of Mr Snoodle and starts whispering his name
Then boings aboard a carriage on his sleepy Twilight Train
Dreamhopping, dreamhopping, dream hop with me
Make sure your dreams are as sweet as can be
Travelling in a Snoodle’y dream is mellow, calm and soothing
But then the train falls silent, as if no longer moving
Nodkins looks outside and sees they’re soaring through the skies
Past giant cups of herbal tea, and pumpernickel pies
Following her flight on board this dreamy flying train
Nodkins now decides it’s time to dreamhop once again
She thinks of Uncle Scallops and boings into his dream
And sees he’s gently snoozing in his Mellow Submarine
Next she visits Captain Squirk, who dreams of cosmic sheep
And seeing as he lives in space, they never baa, they beep
Boinging in she watches space-sheep orbiting a planet
Or maybe it’s a little moon or giant pomegranate?
Dreamhopping, dreamhopping, dream hop with me
Make sure your dreams are as sweet as can be
Seeing all these Moshi dreams is really quite surreal
And Nodkins really loves it ‘cos the things she sees aren’t real
But sometimes every now and then she likes to intervene
Especially when her actions help to shape a Moshling’s dream
Tonight the dream she’s meddling in belongs to Marshall Ned
A Panto Pony Moshling who’s a proper sleepyhead
The dream he’s having right now is as random as can be
He’s ironing his trousers on a surfboard in the sea
But Ned looks rather troubled as the sea’s just turned to sky
And now he’s stranded on a cloud and Ponies cannot fly
So Nodkins gets a trampoline and shouts for Ned to leap
Which Ned does in an instant, though he’s really sound asleep
Dreamhopping, dreamhopping, dream hop with me
Make sure your dreams are as sweet as can be
Having helped a Panto Pony, Nodkins starts to ponder
“I wonder what would happen if my mind was left to wander?”
She tries to think of nothingness and empty out her mind
But all she sees are Moshling dreams of each and every kind
First she’s sees a forest filled with shoes and melting clocks
Where Wumples play on chessboards wearing massive woolly socks
Next she visits Waldo’s dream, a Tabby Nerdicat
Who’s cycling on a rainbow wearing nothing but a hat
She tries once more to concentrate on nothing much at all
But hops into a mermaid on a giant glitterball
She looks above and notices a duck on a trapeze
And wonders if these Moshlings have been eating too much cheese
Dreamhopping, dreamhopping, dream hop with me
Make sure your dreams are as sweet as can be
As the night continues Nodkins hops from dream to dream
Some are crazy, some are mellow, some are quite extreme
She dreamhops on a nightly basis, just to have a peep
And even though she dozes off, she’s never quite asleep
Perhaps this might explain why Nodkins always feels so weary
She needs to have her own sweet dreams, well that’s the general theory
So snuggling in her blanket, she whispers her own name
Then finds herself in Nutmeg Nook, beside a winding lane
Wandering past a willow tree she sees a Bedtime Bunny
“She looks familiar” Nodkins says, “I think that’s me, how funny!”
Then finally it dawns on her: “My own dreams are the best”
So she boings off with her dreamy friend to have a good night’s rest
Goodbye and sweet dreams…
