NellieFerret loved running through the dandelion fields at the Rainbow
Bridge and one of her favorite pastimes was looking for the dandelions
that had matured to the seed stage; a round puffy seedhead, with hundreds
of little spiky things.  What NellieFerret enjoyed the most was to find
one, pick it, sit down to study it and then taking in a deep breath, she
would blow on it and watch all the seeds catch on the air and drift away.
To NellieFerret this was not the latter stage of a dandelion, Nellie knew
these were tiny immature angels that grew from the seeds planted in the
soil by the Creator.  With new residents arriving at the Rainbow Bridge
every day, there was always a need for new angels to help care for them
all.  NellieFerret considered herself to be a very important helper at
the Bridge.  Oh she knew the breezes would eventually cause the release
of the seeds but she was convinced the angel perches needed her help at
releasing the angel seeds.
 
As she traveled along looking for more angel perches she was so lost in
thought she almost didn't hear the whisper on the breeze calling to her.
She began to feel the ache in her chest, her little heart felt the pain
of another fuzzy leaving their earthly home and embarking on a new
journey that would bring them to the Rainbow Bridge.
 
Heading back to the Rainbow Bridge Village, NellieFerret knew she had to
locate Muldoone and the rest of the welcoming crew.  Finding Muldoone
having a wrestle and tumble session with some of his buddies Nellie
approached the group.
 
Muldoone looked up to see the little ferret standing there watching him
and his friends.  Mully felt himself turning red under the fur on his
ferrety cheeks.  NellieFerret was so beautiful and he was always tripping
over his feet and getting his words messed up when he tried talking to
her.
 
Nellie was a quite unusual-looking ferret; she was very tiny and had the
most delicate china-like features but the most striking thing about her
was her beautiful emerald green eyes.  Most ferrets had shiny black
button eyes except for the albinos; they had red eyes, but not Nellie.
Another thing about the little sable ferret, she always smelled of
gardenias.  Nellie had been the smallest in her litter, she had to
compete for mom's milk and mom's care, she was always being crowded out
by the larger ferret kits and then one day she woke up at the Rainbow
Bridge.
 
"Muldoone, we need to find Nanna and the others" Nellie told him.
 
"You bees sur bout dat?  I not hears bout any fewets coming to da Bwidge
today" Mully told her.
 
Just then Nanna, SodaFerret, and the rest of the welcoming crew
approached.  "Muldoone, we are needed at the Bridge" Nanna told him,
"we have three ferret due to arrive this morning."
 
"You bees sur bout dat Nanna?  I not hears bout any fewets coming to da
Bwidge today" Mully told her.
 
"Yes Muldoone, I am sure, so lets make our way to the Bridge" Nanna
told him.
 
Assembling the little gathering, they all headed to the Bridge with Nanna
in the lead.  It was always such a sad occasion when fuzzies came but it
was also an end of pain and suffering for those coming.
 
Once they reached the Bridge, Nanna began to bark out orders telling
everyone where to stand and what to do.  Even though they had done this
countless times, Nanna still insisted on everything being perfect.
 
The lights over the Bridge began to dance and swirl; colors more
beautiful than ever seen on earth now painted the sky.  The colors
blended and then changed again; shades of pink gave way to peach and
yellows then changed to a soft green that blended into a delicate blue
that gave itself over to shades of lavender.  A fine soft fairy dusting
began to swirl all around Muldoone, Nanna, and the others.
 
Muldoone, Nanna, Bailey, Freckles, Dude, Libby, and NellieFerret all
joined paws forming a perfect circle of love.  The group of ferrets
closed their eyes and concentrated on those making their way to the
Bridge.  In the hearts of the group, they were sending their love for
those being brought by MoonBeam Molly, the magical unicorn who brought
ferrets to the Rainbow Bridge after they had passed.  The group of
ferrets were not only helping to light the way for those coming but
also they were sending prayers of love for the humans who had loved the
fuzzies; precious little lives cut short, leaving behind broken-hearted
ferret moms and dads.
 
In the center of the circle stood a tall and handsome sable ferret named
Soda.  With both an expression of pain and a perfect expression of love
on his face, he closed his eyes and began to sing.  SodaFerret sang a
song of love to the ferrets making their way to the Bridge.  His voice
was deep and rich, every note sang perfectly, every word wrapped in love
for those coming.  The Ferret Promise Song now filled the air with its
bittersweet refrain.  The melody of love told the story of hope and
promise and also of sorrow and loss all tied together in the cycle of
life.  The song explained pain fading away, of limbs being made strong
again, and eyes once more bright, it told of the sorrow of passing and
the joy waiting in the Promise.  As Soda sang the sad sweet song, he had
tears rolling down his furry cheeks.  The song he sang was also a song
of love for the humans whose hearts had been broke by the passing of
those that were making their way to the Bridge.
 
Arriving at the Rainbow Bridge, MoonBeam Molly lowered herself to the
ground so her tiny passengers could climb down.  The ferret group
disembarked cautiously, not exactly sure where they were.  Off in the
distance the new arrivals could see a group of ferrets standing at the
other end of the Bridge.  The wooden timbers of the Bridge were worn
smooth from time and also from the many ferrets that had made the
crossing, having left behind a world as they knew it and coming to
the Rainbow Bridge to wait to be reunited with their humans.  Spunky,
BabyGirl, and Sammy all joined paws and began to make their way across
the Bridge to the group at the other side waiting to greet them.
 
Just as the three ferrets stepped off the end of the Rainbow Bridge,
Muldoone offered his nose to the newcomers in a friendly greeting.  "I
be Misser Muldoone, officialist Wainbow Bwidge Gweeter and wees be here
to welcomes you.
 
"Hello Spunky, BabyGirl, and Sammy " Nanna told the three new arrivals,
"my name is Nanna and I have come to welcome you to the Rainbow Bridge"
and gesturing to the small group of ferrets, Nanna introduced each one to
the three new arrivals.  "There is nothing to be afraid of" Nanna told
the new arrivals, "you each have touched the horizon with your heart,
your journey is now at an end, and you are home."
 
SodaFerret stepped forward to introduce himself.  "Welcomes to da Wainbow
Bwidge, my name be SodaFewet.  I will teaches you how to cwinbs da wings
on da wainbow and soos you can peeks in on yur familee and sees yur mom
and my dad and all da odder fewets.  I misses my familee a wot too but
den I sneaks back and give my mom whiskery kisses when she sweeps, she
tinks she be dweaming but she not, I bees dere in da dark.  And I will
teaches you how to doos dat too."
 
"Any fewets be hungwry?" Muldoone called out.  "It be time for bweakfast,
follows me to da fwuit bar and den I shows you where da 'Tone stweams be."
 
"Dere be 'Tone stweams here?" the new arrivals asked with eyes big and
round.
 
"Yup, come on guys, I shows you da way" and down the path the new
arrivals went.
 
~~Muldoone~~
Caring for your ferrets at the Rainbow Bridge.
 
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[Posted in FML issue 5258]