Sausage Brooike has a new boyfriend! 🐶🎁

Worstenbrooike lay on his pillow, thinking about what he would put on his wish list for St Nicholas this year. New clothes? No, he already had plenty of those. Tasty vegan snacks? Neither, he was already spoilt enough by his mums and dad every day. Suddenly, Worstenbrooike had an idea. He went straight to mum Vera to explain. 'I want a friend to play and walk with!' said Worstenbrooike. Vera looked at him in despair. 'But you already have a boyfriend, don't you? You like playing with AJ from DWARS Gelderland, don't you?' 'Yes,' admitted Worstenbrooike, 'but AJ lives soooo far away, and I'm alone so much...'. Vera started to feel a bit sorry for the dachshund. 'OK, we'll ask Bart, Imme, Karlijne and Aitana. If they approve, you can put on your wish list that you would like a boyfriend'.

At the next board meeting, Worstenbrooike was allowed to tag along. In his fanciest outfit, he explained to his mums and dad that he would oh so like a mate after all. Aitana was immediately excited: 'So does that mean I get to organise two children's parties too? Count me in!' Bart also liked the idea. If Worstenbrooike had a boyfriend, he would have to learn to share, which is social and anti-capitalist according to Bart. Karlijne was a bit worried about the care costs of such a buddy for Worstenbrooike and how they would fit into the budget, but finally agreed. Imme also thought it was a good idea, as long as Worstenbrooike's new boyfriend would come from Zeeland....

So it was that Worstenbrooike got to put his shoe out on 4 December with a wish list containing only one wish: A friend to play with, go for walks, eat vegan snacks and go to DWARSe activities. Full of excitement and anticipation, he sought his pillow that night to go to sleep, hoping that St Nicholas would visit him the next day.

In the morning, Worstenbrooike woke up and saw an empty shoe by the stove. He became very sad and thought perhaps he had not been nice enough. After a quick call to his mums and dad, he was assured that this was not the case; he just had to be patient for a while.

Worstenbrooike waited and waited, until suddenly in the evening the doorbell rang. "That must be St Nicholas!", he thought, "He's coming to bring me a present!". Worstenbrooike sprinted to the door. What he found there filled him with amazement: it was not Sinterklaas standing there, but the former board of DWARS Brabant-Zeeland! Worstenbrooike opened the door and stormed towards Luc, Rick, Nordin, Pim and Tobias wagging his tail. 'Wait a minute,' said Luc, 'we heard you had earned another present'. Luc looked at Tobias, who pulled out a large bag. Hen unzipped the bag and suddenly a black dachshund's head poked out. 'A little friend!" squealed Worstenbrooike, "Thank you!". The former board explained that St Nicholas was very busy this year, but that Worstenbrooike had been so sweet that he could not be forgotten. That is why Rick, by order of his former board, had brought him a new, Zeelandic friend from Zeeland: Bolus.

So Worstenbrooike met Bolus and was no longer alone. From now on, these two are a duo and together they will make the activities of DWARS Brabant-Zeeland even more cosy and cheerful. Will you come and meet Bolus too?