ScoudderFerret goes rushing into Muldoone's hut and gives his hammy a
yank to wake him up.  "Mully you gots to get up buddy, Nanna is wooking
for you and yous in big twouble!!  Slowly Muldoone stirs, he goes into
a prolonged S T R E T C H, the kind that ferrets enjoy from the tips of
their noses to the ends of their tail, yawning them begins followed by
more yawns and finally Muldoone opens his eyes and asks, twouble, what
kinds of twouble I be in Scoudder?  Mully, Nanna founds out 'bout the
wast fwannel nightgown waid we did on da gurls and she be hoppin mad and
you knows how mad Nanna can gets.  It might be a gud idea for you to go
hides somewhere for a while.  I can't dooes dat Scoudder, I gots 2 Bwidge
awrivals dis mornin I gots to do and if I don't do dem, I will be in even
biggur twouble, I be in twouble wifda Big Guy and no fewet ebber wants to
be in twouble wif Him.  Ok Mully, you go dooes your Bwidge gweetings and
I will twys to head Nanna off and sends her elsewhere wooking for you but
I tink we needs to gibe back da fwannel nightgowns odderwise we boff be
in big twouble.
 
Muldoone starts getting himself together to head to the Bridge for his
morning assignment.  Looking in the mirror, he cringes at the sight of
his hair.  Geeze, I habe the wurst case of hammy-head hair eber.  Wonder
if da Boss could do somptun 'bout dis he wonders to himself.  No time to
tink about dat now, and he slaps on his ball cap and heads out the door
in the direction of the Bridge.
 
Along the way he hears his name being called out in friendly greetings.
"Mornin to ya Mully he hears.  Mornin guys, no time to stop to chat, on
my way to da Bwidge, got two new ones tomming dis mornin' he explains.
Mully wait up Flash calls out, I needs to talk to ya.  Turning to his
buddy Flash, abig handsome panda ferret Muldoone asks him, can you walks
wif me while we talk, I be in a hurry.  Flash falls in step with Muldoone
as they are hurrying along the path in the direction of the Bridge.
Mully old pal, you gots to gibe back da fwannel nightgowns, Nanna be
weally mad dis time.  She know you wed da waid on da gurls, but she can't
pwoves it.  Mully, Nanna be so mad dat she be offering up wasins to any
fewet who will tells her it be you who wed the waid.  Nanna be offerin
wasins to odder fewets to find out?  Muldoone asks his eyes big and
round.  Yes Mully, you know dat big apwon she wears dat has da pockuts
in it, she hab it full of wasins and eberybody knows a fewet tan't wesist
a wasin bribe.  Mully, you gots to gibe em back, odderwise you be in big
twouble.  Tanks for tellin me Fwash, I might need your help watter today
takin da nightgowns back to da gurls, we twy to sneaks dem in while dey
not in deir huts and maybe we not get caught.
 
Arriving at the Bridge Muldoone sees the familar sparkle of fairy dust in
the air and he also feels the all-too familiar tickle in his whiskers.
The sky erupts with brilliant colors and then he sees a bright flash.
Within seconds he hears the approaching feet of a ferret coming across
the Bridge.
 
Hewow, and welcomes to da Bwidge Muldoone says to the first arrival.  My
name be Mr. Muldoone and I be da officialist Bwidge gweeter, you must be
Buddy.  Expecting to see a frightened or unsure ferret was not what Mully
was seeing, this guy was running in circles, laughing, leaping in the air
like he had springs on his feet, dooking and clucking as he bounced along
the way.
 
"Hey dere 'Doonie, I be Buddy and I feel gud, you gots any 'Tone he
asked.  Uh yeah we gots 'Tone here but not many fewets asks for it soons
as dey awrives.  Wook 'Doonie, Buddy begins, I be sick a wong time but
I not sick anymore.  Afore I weft my hooman-bean she tells me about dis
pwace.  My mom holds me and wetts me sweep in a hammy on her chest, I
tink she knows I be goin, she wett me bweave in her smell and feel da
wove on her heart.  When it was time for me to goes, I wook at her one
wast time and den I go.  Now I be here, I feels gug and I wants to habe
fun, I hurts no more and I wanna see da neat tings I hear bout dis pwace.
Mr. Doonie Buddy asks, does da tubes come in wittle and big sizes, my mom
tease me bout my big butt and it be 'barassin ifin I gets stuck in a tube
my first day here.  Sure kid and the name is Mr. Muldoone Mully informs
him, we gots tubes in all sizes, shape, and colurs, just pick da one you
want."
 
As the two ferrets had been talking they were walking along and Buddy
stopped to look around.  He was at an intersection of sorts with signs
pointing down the various paths leading to different things.  He saw the
sign pointing to the main 'Tone stream, the path leading to the chicken
gravy pond, and finally his eyes came to rest on the sign pointing to
Tube City.  "Make way for da BuddyFewet" he yelled out in a banchie
shriek and with that he was off and bouncing down the path on his way to
Tube City.  Dere goes one happy fewet Mully thinks to himself, I tink I
like his style and I just bet he would be gud on fwannel nightghown
waids.
[Posted in FML issue 4637]