Little Secret:The Santa Ferret____ by Susie Lee
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Oh, sure, everyone knows Santa's obvious animal friends,the reindeer, and
all their names and most of their magickal attributes;but did you ever
know about Santa's best little Ferret friend?  Well, maybe not before
now, because Little Secret has been, well,Santa's special little Secret!
A little white ferret who likes to snuggle up under the beard (fluffs it
out nicely, too! :) or curl warmly under his hat,or even blend in with
that wooly white collar and "Secret"-ly watch out for Santa's back while
he's unpacking you-know-what forgood children on you-know-when!
 
Little Secret is a magickal ferret, of course, and has been with Santa
since the very "beginning", bequeathed to the Jolly Old Elf by a grateful
farmwife from centuries and centuries ago.  Secret's special magick is in
helping Santa get into houses with no chimneys by squeezing flatter than
flat under the tightest door (much flatter than not-as-magickal ferrets
who so dearly love to try to squeeze under any doors they can fit.) and
leaping with a magickally merry extra-high ferret-bounce to touch his
little nose to any lock so that it will open for Santa and then close and
re-lock safely afterwards.  (Aha! say all the city-folks, Now we know how
Santa gets into umpteen-gazillion apartments!  He had a special Secret,
all along!)
 
Ah, but how did we ferret out Santa's Little Secret?  All our ferrets did
it...knowing a magick ferret when they sense one, nearly every ferret
tail in the shelter went merrily a-wagging with excitement and joy until
Little Secret swiftly touched a friendly nose in greeting to every one.
Then , as quick as a ferret, Little Secret raced back to Santa and in a
blink was back up to blend around his white wooly collar, with a little
tail-wag farewell of his own to wave back.
 
So take good care of all your ferret friends, they know a Little
Secret!:)
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With Love from everyone at the Ferret And Dove Sanctuary, Inc.
of Pensacola, Florida.
see pictures of The Santa Ferret here...
http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/ferret_rescuer/index.html
and the story again, here...
www.petfinder.org/shelters/FL571.htm
[Posted in FML issue 5093]