Hi Gang,
I heard from Kaptin Nemo again last night.  This is what he told me:
 
Hi Mom,
Lots of things are happenin.  Da furst nite, we all sleeped in da
Underfoot Burrow - not far from da Ferretone Fountain.  Da locashun was
picked by dat Princess Anne, she's one good tactician (dats right from
da UFO Manual dat Ginerl Harry wrote.  Wees gonna we make everybody over
here a member ob de UFO - Underfoot Family Organization).  Hehehe (to
quote dat Ginerl Harry ;-) Gee, I misses him.  We was good friends.
 
Anyway, dis morning, we went to da Cheerio Bar for breakfast and topped
it off with a swig of Tone.  I den invites da fambly to come to da Happy
River where da Naughtyless is docked.  "Yuz brought da Naughtyless wit
yuz?!" sez Count Chocula, "wow!  I had to leave my airplane behind".
 
"Yep," I tells him.  "I packed a toy boat in da backpack, but da
Naughtyless floated right under da Rainbow Bridge when I crossed.  Dat
MoonBeam Molly she hooked up a rope to tow it cross cause we knowed it
would nebber fit in da pack, and if it did, she couldn't carry it
 
Dey all wanted to come an so we sets off down de path to da river.  We
wuz close to da river when we passed a little burrow and two little heads
came poppin out.  Dey said 'Hi Nemo!  Y'all remember us from da Southern
Sixpack?' Well, it wuz Gracie and Zoe, Kernel Beauregard's little
fur-sisters.  Dey said, 'We heard y'all wuz here and were fixin' to come
callin'.  We don'ts hab any fambly here, its jest da two ob us.  It bees
nice to hab a friend.' Well, mom, what could I doos but vite dem along to
see da Naughtyless?  So I did.  None ob da UFO objected, so on we went.
 
We didn't go far before another little gal poked her head out and said,
"Yuz must be dat Kaptin Nemo, I heerd about dat hat!" I wuz wearin' dat
pirate hat dat Ms Carol had desined fur my uniform.  She continued, "I
sure would like to see dat Naughtyless.  Dat Doodlebug is so busy doing
things big stars do, dat I'm left lone a lot." She sez her name was Noel,
cause she was rescued from being dumped at a strip mall on a cold rainy
December nite just cause she was bald.  She was a purty DEW and was
wearing a fine bonnet with little pink flowers on it.  She minded me of
Ms T whos back with mom; Ms T had been dumped for going bald, but after
dat melatonin, she had a be-oo-tiful coat (even had panties that showed,
hehe).  I was so glad dat yez just got me dat implant an' didn't dump me
cause I was getting' thin on top, so what could I say but, "come on, join
da fun!" She joined Gracie and Zoe and the three started chatterin' up a
storm.  I think maybe Ms Noel has found some new friends.
 
'Bout this time, wees could see da sock flying from da pole on da connin'
tower of my fine boat.  As we goes along, dat CC she trots up long side
me and sez: "Can yuz take us fur a cruise?  Da wings we gots here are
fine, but you don't gets to see da scenry as well as from da boat." Well,
I looks back at da new navy blue wings dat I gots and sez "geez, I forgot
all bout dem.  We kin fly da rest ob da way if yuz wants!" So we takes
off, an believe me, dis flyin is gonna take some more practice, I kin
tell yuz!  But I managed to hold onto my dignity, dough de landing was
not a ting ob beauty.  But da Naughtyless was!  ""Ooh," sez Gracie,
"I've heard so much bout da Naughtyless and now I gets to see it.  An
it's mighty fine, Kaptin Nemo, mighty fine!" Well, I wuz proud to be her
Kaptin, I kin tell yuz.  CC gives me a funny look at dat.  Dat CC is one
fine looking sprite, wit sparklin' eyes.
 
Da UFO ('cludin' Gracie and Zoe and Noel) was impressed, I could tell.
But dis was just de start.  I sez to dem: Fore we goes on board, lets
sit and I'll tell yuz 'bout da Naughtyless.
 
I said: "When I tol mom dat it was time fur me to cross, she was real
sad.  She just held me, and petted me, an told me all she knew bout da
Land over da Bridge.  Den she was quiet, so I wiggled, just a little,
and she said, "It's alright, Nemoski, (dat's wat she'd call me sometimes,
it was a nickname, and I kinda liked it) I know you're about to cross,
and I know you'll be taking the Naughtyless, so I'm packing it with good
memories of the ones who left before.  There were things that were too
big for them to take in their backpacks, so I'm making sure those special
things are in the Naughtyless." Then she smiled, kinda sad, and said
"They will discover them when you take them on board.  You tell them that
each thing was packed with love because love doesn't stop with death.
And when I come, we'll all be together again."
 
Well, da whole group was quiet for a bit, memberin' how mom loved each
one and da fun dey had back der.  Den, dat venterous gal, da Ceester,
sez, "well, lets goes on board and splore and see wat der is."
 
Then I felt a whiskery kiss and heard him whisper "you needs yur sleep,
momsie.  Nite nite".
 
So of course, I got up and recorded the dream.
[Posted in FML issue 5258]