Early morning at the Bridge, the mist is beginning to disappear and
Muldoone is on his way to the Bridge to welcome a new arrival; Max.
 
As Muldoone arrives at the Bridge he takes his place and waits for the
arrival of the newest Bridge resident.  The wind begins to pick up and
it blows through his fur and whiskers, delicately dancing on the soft
backside of his ears.  As the flash of light subsides the unmistakable
sound of ferret feets could be heard coming across the Bridge.
 
As Max reaches the end of the Bridge, Muldoone steps forward to offer
his nose in a greeting.  "You must be Max, Mully says to him, I be Mr.
Muldoone, officialist Wainbow Bwidge Gweeter, weltome to da Wainbow
Bwidge.
 
Max stops and sits down and studies the new face in front of him.  He
spends several minutes just looking around, surveying the new sights.
 
So dis be da Wainbow Bwidge Max says to Mully, I hears my mom talk 'bout
it a wot and she be sad when she talks 'bout it.
 
Yes my friend Muldoone gently explains to Max, dis be da Wainbow Bwidge.
Your time on earf be over and you wives here now 'till your mom comes to
get you.
 
How wong will it be afore mom tomes to gets me Max asks Mully, will she
bees here weal soon?  I be someting called a 'bassador and I goes pwaces
to bisit hooman-beans and I wiked dat a wot.  But when I gots sick, it
made my mom weally sads and I not wike to be sick, and I no could wuns
but wooks at me now and to prove himself, Max went into a weasel war
dance.
 
When we gets here Muldoone explains to Max, we gets back da way we used
da be, wike when we were young".
 
"Mr. Muldoone, I misses my mom, cans you sends me back to checks on her,
she be vwerry sads bout me habing to comes here.
 
Well I not sends you back but I shows you how you how we all goes and
peeks in on our hooman-beans when dey be asweep.  But afore I forget,
your mom askis me to help you find your fewety fwiends Bandit, Fingers,
Ferret Girl, Weezy and Smudgie.  As soons as we wocates your fwiends
den I shows you how to peeks in on your mom" and with that the two new
friends go scampering down a path that will take them to the far side of
the rainbow where all the Bridge residents go to look in on their
families.
[Posted in FML issue 4756]