As Muldoone is strolling along the garden paths in late afternoon, he
senses something different.  His whiskers begin to tingle and he thinks
to himself, no fewets comes at dis time of day, what be goin on.
Rounding a bend he almost runs smack into Nanna, not the ferret he was
especially looking to bump into, he knew she was still questioning the
others about his involvement in the latest flannel nightgown raid.
"Muldoone follow me, we have a special greeting to do" Nanna tells him.
"At dis time of day Nanna, Mully questions, I tought dey only comes in
da mornings.  Not this time Muldoone, we are needed at the Bridge now"
and reaching down to firmly grasp one of Muldoone's paws off they head
in the direction of the Bridge.
 
Arriving at the Bridge Muldoone sees the gently swirling fairy dust in
the air.  He looks up and sees the colors of the rainbow begin to grow
brighterand they seemed to almost glow.  Anodder fewet comes Mully says
to no one.Yes Muldoone, another ferret comes but not just one, there will
be four ferrets arriving.  FOUR FEWETS BE COMIN NANNA, Muldoone asked.
Yes Muldoone, there will be four ferrets arriving Nanna explained.
 
With the familar flash of bright light, Muldoone and Nanna know the
arrival of the first ferret was only moments away.  Mookie came dancing
his way across the Bridge with Suzy Derkins riding on his back, it was
obvious they were the best of buddies.  Next came Smokey and then Baby
and as soon as Smokey arrived he asked to see his old buddy Bandit.
Mookie being the obvious spokes-ferret for the small group stood up
straight and tall and introduced himself and the others.  "Welcome to
the Bridge Mookie"  Nanna softly spoke as she bent over offering her nose
in a friendly greeting to the others, my name is Nanna and this is my
associate" gesturing to Muldoone.  "I be Mr. Muldoone, da officialist
Bwidge Gweeter Mully informs Mookie and the others, what would you like
to do first?"
 
Mookie thought for a minute and just then Baby tugged at his paw and
gesturing for him to bend down so she could whisper something into his
ear.  "I ask dem Baby, not to wury" Mookie informs her.
 
"Mr. Muldoone and Mz Nanna,dere be odder fewets who comes here afore we
do and we would likes very much to sees dem." So many times when a ferret
arrives at the Bridge they ask to see other ferrets that passed on before
them and what joyous reunions they have.  You have never been to a
reunion until you have seen a group of 'Tone-drunk fuzzbutts, what a
loud bunch they can be.
 
All of a sudden there was a comotion from a distance.  Names were being
called out, dooking and clucking, clucking and dooking.  The four
newcomers errupted in a fit of dooking giggles and ran to throw their
arms around the fuzzbutts making all the racket.  Weasel war-dancing
galore!!  Giggling, laughing, tickling, more weasel war-dancing, one fert
got so excited she was trying to do a weasel war-dance laying on her
back.
 
"Nanna who be all dese fewets Muldoone asked.  Obviously old friends
answered Nanna, from the looks of things, I would say they all know one
another." Nanna stood there watching the group hug and tickle one another
getting totally gone with silliness, more weasel war-dancing, more
hugging, more ferret kisses passed around.  "I will have to use my ear
plugs tonight to get get any rest from the looks of this crew" grumbles
Nanna.
 
The reunion party continued on for hours and hours.  Muldoone drifted
in and out of their circle catching snatches of conversation about how
different ferrets were doing back on earth and of course there were the
questions about how the hooman-beans were doing.  Finally as the first
rays of pink sky were streaking overhead Mully tells his new-arrival
friends to party on but his hammy was calling for him.  What a great
reunion they all had but just then Muldoone remembered the small little
girl ferret asking Mookie something and him telling her he would find
out.  Mully ran back to the group and calls Mookie over and asks him,
"what was it dat Baby wanted to know if we habs here." Mookie thought for
a moment and got a big smile on his face, "she wants to know if dey habs
stwarburies and wasins here." Mully broke out with the biggest grin and
told Mookie, "tells her yes we habs dat here, we habs all kinds of gud
food to eat and you can eats all you wants and neber gets sick or
stopped-up." "Tomorrow after you guys are dun partyin I shows you awound
and yous can see all dat is here."
 
As Mookie goes back to the party, Muldoone thinks back to his own ferret
brudders and sisturs and for a moment feels a pang of loneliness.
Someday I gets to gweet my fwends here dat I knows on earf and he
whispers his words of love to to the hearts of his hooman-beans back
on earth.
[Posted in FML issue 4642]