This is Susie Lee at the Ferret & Dove Sanctuary. Today we laid to rest among a bed of carnations and marigolds old Shadow Superguy Ferret who had been fighting a long, long running battle with lower intestinal cancer. He put up with most of the many and various medications except the most bitter, until we and his vet found his own special combination that gave him some relief; one of these was very tiny daily doses of an item called DiarSanyl made to treat lower intestinal irritations in dogs. I had been feeding him an especially bland version of our own "duck soup" mix every four hours all around the clock, plus extra water after each feeding, for the better part of the last three months and I'm missing feeding him, already, because he was so good and quietly patient, heaving a great sigh after he was done and laying his little head on my arm in appreciation. Shadow Superguy was a black sable, handsome when he was younger, who had a sister named Caira The Winsome who had passed-on about two years before, in 2002. Now these close siblings are once again together, in some of the greatest of company, too. Two years before, I wrote Caira's Lullaby. Now it is become Caira The Winsome's and Shadow Superguy's lullaby.... .~*~.~*~.~*~.~*~.~*~.~*~.~*~.~*~.~*~.~*~.~*~.~*~.~*~. Rest your souls in gentle peace:~*~.~*~ All your pain and troubles ceased:~*~.~*~ Someday, soon, we'll meet again:~*~.~*~ At the Rainbow Bridges' end:~*~.~*~ Now all the angels softly make:~*~.~*~ A bough of fleecy clouds and take:~*~.~*~ Your loving spirits , with shining wings,:~*~.~*~ A lullaby for you they'll sing. ~*~.~*~ ......bye bye Shadow Superguy. The Ferret And Dove Sanctuary, Inc. http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/ferret_rescuer/index.html [Posted in FML issue 4506]