We ended where Snowflake had gone to the edge of the dark forest with the black kitty. Lynda Galloway handed the story to Chris Matlick. Chris wrote: Now Snowflake had been warned not to enter this forest, but she was a ferret and this kitty seemed nice, so without a thought she loped in dooking and chattering all the way. Soon they were in the dense trees and little light filtered through the canopy. "Hey! Where's that raisin tree you promised? Huh? Huh? Huh?" "Oh, we've just a little further to go." Over the crest of a hill Snowflake heard a great rumbling. It sounded somewhat familiar, but she couldn't quite place it, especially not with thoughts of raisins running through her head. Louder and louder the rumbling grew until Snowflake was able to discern 8 black kitties sitting in a circle purring. In the middle of their circle was the raisin tree. Boing Boing Boing went Snowflake, thinking of all the delicious raisins she would eat.... Chris handed off to Donna Christian Donna wrote: A distant familiar rumbling, Snowflake did hear. Ah, but the sight of that Raisin Tree, made Snowflake, too soon forget, the...all too familiar sounds of purring kitties, all black, sitting in a circle around that Raisin Tree, so ripe with plump juicy raisins, just waiting for her to come taste and delight in their sweetness. Behind her stood, black kitty, with golden slits for eyes, that were not so friendly looking, just standing there watching Snowflake with intenseness, so keen, silently coaxing her to move forward, closer and closer to that rumbling group, stay focused on the raisin tree, you could hear her purr.... don't pay any attention to the kitties surrounding it... Go, ahead, Snowflake you could see kitty mouth, silently, "partake of the raisin tree, if you dare.... Donna handed off to Laurel Dittman. Laurel wrote: Snowflake, with the natural inquisitiveness of a ferret, pushed aside that faint warning voice, the voice that all ferrets choose to ignore. Instead, she concentrated on the strange kitty's purringly seductive message. Why, everyone knew that kitties didn't like raisins so this tree must have been put here for little ferrets like her to enjoy. Why should she fear something that only offered her a chance of happiness? Her little paws reached up eagerly for the plumpest of the raisins when suddenly as her paw made contact with the raisin...... To be comtinued!! Judy Cooke Lynda Galloway Chris Matlick Donna Christian Laurel Dittman [Posted in FML issue 4553]