A sweet girl with a sweet name came walking across the old wooden bridge
today.  Her name was Katie.  Kate, a pretty sable, seemed unsure about
coming here.  She was so very happy with her mommy on earth.  I took her
paw, and held a wing over her shoulder and told her all about how quickly
time flies up here.  And I told her that in no time her mommy will be
here to hug her once again.  In the mean time, I said, "I have surprises
for you."  She wasn't down very long after hearing that and was pretty
excited to get her adventure underway.
 
We played follow the ferret.  I walked through the heather and then so
did she.  I ran into an old log and shot out the other side, then she
did.  I jumped up and yanked a foamy fry off a tree, and so did she.
We skipped, hopped, and galloped all the way to her surprise.  Around
the bend of a bubbling stream we found Max, Joey, and Mittens who were
teasing a fishing mink.
 
"Fish eaters!  Ahoy matie!  Dook dook dook dook," heckled Joey.  And
the other two dooked away.  As they were dancing around like silly imps,
something slammed into Joey's face.  Whomp!  He stood there stunned to
find a fish flopping on the ground at his feet and saw the mink standing
in the shallows with a sly grin on his face.  Katie, just died laughing.
When she "he-he'd" really loud like ferrets do, the threesome turned to
see her standing there.
 
They all ran to greet each other and the mink went back to fishing.  Of
course Mittens wasn't into the mushy greeting.  Mittens just wanted to
tell Katie all about playing pirates.  I quickly saw that Kate was in
good paws.  Now the threesome is a foursome.  And now that poor mink has
even more trouble on his hands.  You'd think they'd learn after being
slapped in the face with a fish a few times.  But that doesn't stop
them.  Sheesh!
 
Sandee
[Posted in FML issue 4829]