"No I'm not!"  Tony's voice declared from nowhere.  "I'm right here!"
  "Where?"  The ferrets questioned in unsion, looking high and low for their
missing brother.
  "Right here!"  Tony said again, and he kissed them all over their faces.
  "I told you not to eat those raisins unless you are in dire need!"  Otter
reminded. "You must have eaten one that turned you invisible!"
  "Gosh," Sammi stated.  "This is weird..."
  "Well," Tony said.  "Make me visible again, Otter!"
  "I'm sorry, little one," Otter answered sadly.  "But I can't do that... I
have no strength left..."
  "So when will it wear off?" Rosie asked.
  "I don't know..." Otter replied solemnly.
  "Anyway," Shiva interrupted.  "We'd better get going if we are to stop that
bad dragon guy!"
  "Yes," Otter agreed.  "Your promptness in this matter is a necessity!"
  "How are we gonna get to the forest this time?" Maxie asked sincerely.
  "How did you get there last time?" Cleopatra asked.
  "Easy!"  Rosie told her.  "We drove Dad's truck!"
  "No," Maxie warned.  "We will get in so much trouble if we do that again!"
  "Besides," Shiva argued.  "The truck isn't even here.  Dad took it to
college with him!"
  "Oh yeah," Rosie backed down.  "You're right!"
  "So," Sammi said.  "Do you have any other ideas?"
  "Why don't we parachute into the trees like on the television?" Tony voice
said from nowhere.
  "How do we do that?" Maxie questioned.  "We don't even have an airplane!"
  "Yeah," Cleo supported her brother in the matter.  "But they have plenty of
extra airplanes at the airport don't they?"
  "Are you crazy?"  Shiva exclaimed.  "Wait, don't answer that!"
 
                 (to be continued...)
[Posted in FML issue 1941]