Reporting to the Bridge to greet two new arrivals, Muldoone takes his
place and then settles in to wait.  A warm gentle breeze washes over
him and dances through his whiskers.  The Welcoming Song began to play
swirling around him, its sound being carried on the wind.  The lights
in the sky glimmered and shifted, painting the horizon in the brilliant
colors of the rainbow.
 
The bright blue flash appeared and Muldoone waited for it to subside, he
then hears the sound of ferrety feets approaching from the other side of
the well-worn planks of the Bridge.  Muldoone looks up and sees four
ferrets making their way across the Bridge.  Stepping off the Bridge,
all four of them stop to have a look around at their new world.
 
Muldoone steps forward to introduce himself to the new arrivals.  "Hello,
I be Mr. Muldoone, officialist Bwidge gweeter.  Who be Tinker, who is BB,
who is Pumba, and which one be SnowBall?"
 
All four fererts introduce themselves to Muldoone letting him know who
was who.  "Mr. Muldoone Tinker began, we habe a couple of ferrety fwiends
here and would wike to sees dem.  Our fewiends Cuddles and Mouchie bees
here and we would wike to sees dem" Tinker explained.
 
"Mr. Muldooneie, BB began, we bees missing our mom and dad a wot, cans
you help us to sends a message to dem to wetts dem know we bees okay?
Yeah we misses our mom and dad Pumba and SnowBall add.
 
"Sur we can kids Mully tells BB, and da name be Mr. Muldoone.  Tells ya
what, we finds out where Cuddles and Mouchie habe deir hammy hanging and
we goes to sees dem and den I takes you to da refwecting pond to shows
you how to wook in your familee and sends dem whiskery kisses.  Doose
silly hooman-beans, dey tink they be dweamin bout getting whiskery
kisses, dey not knows dat we comes to bisit and gibes dem kisses for
weal.  And den I takes you all to da sock steal, da tube waces, I shows
you da Tone stweams, dirt mountain, and all sorts of neatest stuff.
 
As Muldoone is heading down the path with the four new arrivals he can
still be overheard telling the new comers about all the things for them
to see and do at the Rainbow Bridge.
[Posted in FML issue 4835]