I was with my family in the Philly airport for a long layover between
flights.  Daughter Joy, who had been checking out the shops, came running
to me all excited.  "Mom come see, quick!!" She grabbed me by the hand and
drug me down to one of the shops.  "Close your eyes!" she ordered.  Then
"LOOK!"
 
And there they were, the long awaited ferret beanies from Ty.  Runner is
a soft velvety dark brown, with cream colored chest and belly.  He can be
posed to either stand on 4 legs, or up on his butt.  His coloring is
really more weasel-like then ferrety, but hey, it's better than that
purple ferret from Petco!
 
Nevertheless, Runner now adorns the shelf of my waterbed headboard, along
with a purple Petco ferret, a My Beans ferret, 2 very ugly Plush Puppy
ferrets that squeak when you squeeze them (their names are "Squeak" and
"Squeak") and one out-of-place bunny.  Joy also has a large assortment of
stuffed ferrets and other mustelids in her room.
 
Linda Iroff
Oberlin OH
[Posted in FML issue 3111]