A Christmas Adventure, Pt.2
 
A blindingly brilliant light startled her from sleep.  She jumped up,
and ran behind a branch, cowering down low, so as not to be seen.  She
had no idea what was happening, but she was pretty sure she didn't like
it.  Her little pink nose was twitching rapidly looking for some trace
of a scent.  As she peeked underneath the evergreen bough, she saw a
pair of shiny black boots.  She almost went running to chew on the tasty
looking footwear, but she held back.  Then she saw a pair of fuzzy red
pants made of her favorite snuggle material.  She knew they were red,
since that is a color ferts can see, and she wanted so much to run up
those pants.  She continued to hide, like her mother had taught her.
 
Soon she heard a jolly voice calling her name.  She stuck her nose out
to get a better sniff of this stranger, who knew her by name.  Again the
stranger in red called her name and made the ferret noise of friendship.
Her curiosity was getting the better of her, and she crept forward until
her head was far enough out to get a good look.
 
The stranger looked like a kindly sort.  She decided to take a chance and
see what was in the sack he carried at his side.  She loved sacks and
this one looked like it held many exciting surprises."
 
I heard your wish little one, he told her.  Tonight many wishes will be
granted, as will yours wee one."  She felt safe with this friendly gnome.
He put out his hand, and she ran up his arm to his shoulder.  As she
slithered through his beard and into his coat she could feel him
chuckling.
 
The next thing she knew she was in her house.  She could tell by the
smells drifting in to her nose that her person and her fur buddies were
close by.  Her heart leapt with joy, home.  The stranger reached in,
pulled her gently from his coat and held her up to his face.  As he
looked into her eyes, she licked his nose in thanks.  He placed her into
a stocking hanging by the hallway entrance.  He turned to leave, but
turned back and spoke to her."  Home is where the love is, Fuzz Tail,
he explained.  Stay safe and love your person.  She was you very much
and hasn't slept hardly at all since you left."
 
Fuzz Tail dooked that she did love her person and wouldn't worry her
anymore.  She crawled to the bottom of the stocking for the treats she
had smelled there.  When she looked out again to say thank you, the
stranger in red had magically disappeared.  She heard her person talking
to her fur buddies about how it just wouldn't be the same without Fuzz
Tail today.  They were dooking in excitement, as they had smelled her and
knew she was in the house somewhere.  As they danced down the hall, her
person laughed at such silliness.  "You lot make me laugh, no matter how
sad I feel,", she told them.  Fuzz tail couldn't hold in the excitement
anymore, and let out a happy dook.  "Now you all are sounding like my
missing baby girl.", her person sighed sadly.  "Stocking time !", she
called to the wildly dancing crew of fur buddies.  Fuzz Tail dooked again
as she stuck her head out of the stocking.
 
"Fuzz Tail ! ', her person cried excitedly.
 
Fuzz Tail was quivering with joy at seeing her persons' loving face
again.  Her person picked her up out of the stocking, hugged and kissed
her furry head, hugged her again, and showed her to her fur friends.
They all dooked and danced and stood up to welcome Fuzz Tail.  Her person
put her down, fixed them all a bowl of warm gravy while her buddies
sniffed and kissed her, and as she watched them all eat, said to herself,
magic really does happen on this day.  Fuzz Tail looked up, licked her
whiskers and thought, love is the true magic.
 
 
Sandy and the Dook City Gang
Ferrets, like butterflies and little  girls, need no  excuse.
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[Posted in FML issue 4735]