It was a quiet peaceful evening at the bridge. SaraFerret was fast
asleep in her hammie, surrounded by the little orphan ferrets who had
chosen to live with her. Little squeaks and chirps were the only noises
that were heard. All of a sudden, a Rush of Wind opened tne door of the
Cottage. Then a Voice spoke to SaraFerret, Wake up SaraFerret, a very
special sad little ferret is getting ready to cross the bridge and I
want you to be there to greet him. Needless to say, when that Voice
speaks, that means only one thing, God has spoken. Quick like a ferret,
SaraFerret instantly awakes, stretches once, takes care of herself and
is out and running to the bridge entrance.

(Pant-Pant-Pant) She makes it in time to see the little silver ferret
starting to cross de bridge.

Oh my, he is crawling across the bridge. She waits by de entrance and
he is having a hard time so she begins to creep a bit further toward
de little ferret who has stopped midbridge. She whispers something to
him and he begins to move a bit more and faster and then he makes to
de entrance where he just collapses for a few minutes. SaraFerret says
to him, Hi, I am SaraFerret, I am the bridgegreeter. Welcome to the
Rainbow Bridge. This is your new home. Here you will have no more
pain or suffering. You will run thru green grass and play with other
ferrets. No litter pans to fool with. Lots of food and water. Plenty
of play toys, lots of fun things to do.

The little silver ferret looks up at her and says, Hi, I think my name
is Todd, but I am not sure. Somebody bought me and took me home and
treated me real bad. Look at me! Dey shaved me. Why did dey shave me,
SaraFerret? Dey didnt have to do dat! I didnt do nothing to no one. I
didnt bite anyone, I didnt do bad things.

Todd, I dont know why humans do what dey do. Some people are strange.
Look what some humans do to each other. Dey even kill dere own kind.
But here it will be all different. Tell me, do you feel any pain now?

Todd says, well no. Matter of fact, I feel pretty good. Dere was a real
nice lady dere dat took care of me. She held me and told me about de
bridge, but I didnt understand too well. I just kinda laid dere and
hurt. But it was kinda nice to be just held for once and then all of a
sudden I was here.

Then a miracle happened. POOF! Todd's once shaved silver fur is full.
Wowsie, he says, How did dat happen? I tells him, oh tings happen at de
bridge like dat. Sometimes miracles happen on earth also. Thats why dey
have special people who love us fuzzies. Dat's why God created dose
special people, to take care of us special ferrets.

Todd looked at his new fur and for de first time he cheered up. No more
sad face little ferret. He looked at my wings and he asked about dem.
What are dose tings for? To fly with, I says. I gave a short demo. Wow,
cool, Todd says, do I get dose. Sure do, I says. Wanna go with me, I
asks. So off we went to get Todd's wings. At the Wing House on the
counter, was a big box (of course). Todd opened the box and there was a
set of beautiful pink wings to match the beautiful fluffy pink blanket
that had been in his secret backpack. The pink blanket was de only
thing dat Todd had brought. I helped Todd on with de wings and he went
to de large vanity mirror and gazed at his reflection. He sighed and
says, I wish I could just show dat nice lady Stacey who held me until
I passes, how pretty I look, and how great I feel now. I told Todd, I
had an idea.

Together, we left the Wing House and wandered down the garden path to
the misting pond. I swished the water and Stacey appeared. You could
see dat she misses little Todd. Todd threw kisses and loveys to her and
wrapped his love and placed dem on a shooting star which sometimes can
take a long time to reach earth. Den promises were made dat maybe one
time in de future he might appear to her in a dream or a vision and
she could see how beautiful he is now and she would know him as he was
meant to be. Den I swished de water again and all de earth visions
disappeared.

As we walked again on the garden path, Todd and I chattered on and
on about the fun he would have at the Bridge and for all eternity.

Loveys and hugs
SaraFerret, Bridgegreeter

[Posted in FML 5697]