Hiya all dis be SaraFerret.  Wowsie have we been busy here.  Lotsa
ferrets passing and of course according to de Boss lots of furries being
born too.
 
Earlier dis week I received a message over de loudspeaker.  SaraFerret,
quit playing wit de kits and gets yourself over to de Bridge.  Did you
forget you have bridge duty.
 
I thought to myself yeppers sure did.  So I left de kits at home as I
knew I would be busy and de mousie angels would keep an eye on dem.
Bless dose little angels--lots of help to me.  I arrived at de entrance
and found a note.  Sasha Ferret is crossing.  Okay where is she.
 
Sasha, I calls.  No answer.
 
Oh my hopes she didnt gets lost and goes de wrong way.  Sasha, I calls
again and dis time I was answered by a faint squeak.
 
Who is you the little voice said?
 
I am SaraFerret bridge-greeter.
 
Okay I heards about you, can you come and gets me--I am scared.
 
Aw gee whiz, a frightened little ferret.  I checked again--nope she is
an older ferret, not a young kit.  But perhaps she is just a shy flower.
Where are you--right here the little voice said and den I saw a tiny paw
reaching up from de other side.  Okay I is coming over dere to help you.
 
It figures, today would be de windiest and coldest day on record.  I
wished once again dat I had a thick fur coat instead of dis flimsy fur
coats I has.  But I trots across de bridge-holding onto de handrails.
Oh mercy dont let me flip over here like before.  I finally reaches her.
What a pretty ferret-so slim and furry.  She had big tears in her eyes
and asked me if I could let her goes back home now and be wit her human
mommy.  I put my paws around her and said Honey you cants go back once
you leave, but dere will come a time in de future when your human will
cross de bridge and you will be together forever.
 
Okay, I figured that was de way it would be, but ya cant blame me for
asking.  So I took her paw and started across de bridge.  She was scared
and ran back--oh my--I can see dis is gonna be one of dose days.  Cmon
Sasha, do you want me to carry you.  Would you please, she said.  (Note
to SaraFerret--if you dont really want to do something dont ask--DUH).
OK and I picks her up--wowsie is she heavy and trotted across de bridge
slowly.  Wind blowing and howling and one girl clutching me tightly.
Sasha dont puts your paws over my eyes-I cant see.  OOPS she says, Sowwy.
We makes it.
 
I checks out de note agains.  Okay, now thats taken care of.  Welcome to
de Rainbow Bridge, Sasha dis be your new home.
 
Where will I stay?  Can I stay wit you.?  Well you can if you dont mind,
baby ferrets and mousie angels.  She didnt much care for dat, but I tells
her I will tink of someting.  Wing time anyway.
 
Wings?  she says.  Yes Wings and Halo for you.  So we goes over to de
Kit and Kaboodle to pick out a special set of wings.  Wouldnt you know,
Auntie Mary Ferret had just brought in new wings and I introduced her to
Sasha.  She was quite taken wit her and asked Sasha if she had family at
de bridge.  Nope I dont she says.  Well you can just stay wit me young
lady.  And she chose de wings for little Sasha--big fluffy white wings-de
special wings dat special ferrets get.  and a golden halo and I admitted
dat she looked wowsie in her new outfit.  I asks Sasha if she would like
a short tour before she went to Auntie Mary Ferret's place and she says
Sure and she was bright and happy now.
 
Okay first we went to the Otters Mud Slide and she admired de way dey
slid down dat.  But she says Wont we gets dirty?
 
Well yes we do, but first we takes off our wings and halo and lay dem
here and den slide and wash up.  You could tell dat de boy ferrets were
quite taken with our new member.  But we had to move quickly.  We zipped
by de Kibble Garage where de boy ferrets and other musteys hang out and
de fruit bar and we ended up at a pool of water.
 
She says what does viewing pool mean?
 
Okay I tells her now look deep into de water as I swished it a bit.  I
dont see anything she cries.  Den she saw her!  Mommy Jennifer was dere
and she was crying so hard.  Oh dont cry Mommy, I is okay.  And just as
though she had heard Sasha she looked up and smiled and threw a kiss in
de air.  Sasha caught it and trew one back to her and so by de time you
read dis Mommy Jennifer, you should have recieved a kiss from de newest
angel.
 
And so ended another day at de Rainbow Bridge
[Posted in FML issue 5193]