We helped Merry cross the bridge Monday afternoon. She will always live on in our hearts. Merry was my joy, so brave with an amazingly strong spirit. She loved squeak toys and stuffed animals and would drag them off no matter what the size. Merry was our acrobat and could get anywhere she had a mind to and was a master thief. She especially loved to chew on daddy s expensive headphones and music equipment. Her antics will always be remembered with a smile and a tear. Merry was definitely the alpha of the business. Pippin would always defer to her and the kitty that stayed with us for a short time was terrified of her. She would strike at him like a snake if he got to near her hidey hole, or if he was breathing too loudly J !! Merry and Zira had a rivalry going on for a little while, but Zira finally deferred to her as well. She and Zira would battle each other in the dig box. Daddy would play a game where he would hold both girls over the box and say ready, set, go! Then drop both girls in and they would have a wild time thrashing and jumping about. Whoever jumped out first lost, while the winner would haughtily look down upon them from the winner s circle in the box. What I ll remember most about Merry is her intelligence. She could understand me so well. When it was time to eat in these last couple weeks she would come right up and look at me a certain way and I would know she was hungry. While I went to get her the gravy I made for her I would say wait right there and when I returned she d be sitting patiently (for a ferret) on the couch waiting for her dinner. Merry could never be fooled either. If you hid something from her behind your back or on a table, she knew just where it was. And most the time would figure out a way to reach it. She could climb anything, would do pull-ups on the plant stands, and could scale a mountain if she wanted to. She was so brave. I like the rainbow bridge stories. Sandee please watch for Merry and welcome her. She doesn t know any ferrets on the other side and I don t want her to be lonely. Sadly, Trish ~ Pippin & Zira with angel Merry watching over us [Posted in FML issue 4035]