ScoudderFerret goes rushing into Muldoone's hut and gives his hammy a yank to wake him up. "Mully you gots to get up buddy, Nanna is wooking for you and yous in big twouble!! Slowly Muldoone stirs, he goes into a prolonged S T R E T C H, the kind that ferrets enjoy from the tips of their noses to the ends of their tail, yawning them begins followed by more yawns and finally Muldoone opens his eyes and asks, twouble, what kinds of twouble I be in Scoudder? Mully, Nanna founds out 'bout the wast fwannel nightgown waid we did on da gurls and she be hoppin mad and you knows how mad Nanna can gets. It might be a gud idea for you to go hides somewhere for a while. I can't dooes dat Scoudder, I gots 2 Bwidge awrivals dis mornin I gots to do and if I don't do dem, I will be in even biggur twouble, I be in twouble wifda Big Guy and no fewet ebber wants to be in twouble wif Him. Ok Mully, you go dooes your Bwidge gweetings and I will twys to head Nanna off and sends her elsewhere wooking for you but I tink we needs to gibe back da fwannel nightgowns odderwise we boff be in big twouble. Muldoone starts getting himself together to head to the Bridge for his morning assignment. Looking in the mirror, he cringes at the sight of his hair. Geeze, I habe the wurst case of hammy-head hair eber. Wonder if da Boss could do somptun 'bout dis he wonders to himself. No time to tink about dat now, and he slaps on his ball cap and heads out the door in the direction of the Bridge. Along the way he hears his name being called out in friendly greetings. "Mornin to ya Mully he hears. Mornin guys, no time to stop to chat, on my way to da Bwidge, got two new ones tomming dis mornin' he explains. Mully wait up Flash calls out, I needs to talk to ya. Turning to his buddy Flash, abig handsome panda ferret Muldoone asks him, can you walks wif me while we talk, I be in a hurry. Flash falls in step with Muldoone as they are hurrying along the path in the direction of the Bridge. Mully old pal, you gots to gibe back da fwannel nightgowns, Nanna be weally mad dis time. She know you wed da waid on da gurls, but she can't pwoves it. Mully, Nanna be so mad dat she be offering up wasins to any fewet who will tells her it be you who wed the waid. Nanna be offerin wasins to odder fewets to find out? Muldoone asks his eyes big and round. Yes Mully, you know dat big apwon she wears dat has da pockuts in it, she hab it full of wasins and eberybody knows a fewet tan't wesist a wasin bribe. Mully, you gots to gibe em back, odderwise you be in big twouble. Tanks for tellin me Fwash, I might need your help watter today takin da nightgowns back to da gurls, we twy to sneaks dem in while dey not in deir huts and maybe we not get caught. Arriving at the Bridge Muldoone sees the familar sparkle of fairy dust in the air and he also feels the all-too familiar tickle in his whiskers. The sky erupts with brilliant colors and then he sees a bright flash. Within seconds he hears the approaching feet of a ferret coming across the Bridge. Hewow, and welcomes to da Bwidge Muldoone says to the first arrival. My name be Mr. Muldoone and I be da officialist Bwidge gweeter, you must be Buddy. Expecting to see a frightened or unsure ferret was not what Mully was seeing, this guy was running in circles, laughing, leaping in the air like he had springs on his feet, dooking and clucking as he bounced along the way. "Hey dere 'Doonie, I be Buddy and I feel gud, you gots any 'Tone he asked. Uh yeah we gots 'Tone here but not many fewets asks for it soons as dey awrives. Wook 'Doonie, Buddy begins, I be sick a wong time but I not sick anymore. Afore I weft my hooman-bean she tells me about dis pwace. My mom holds me and wetts me sweep in a hammy on her chest, I tink she knows I be goin, she wett me bweave in her smell and feel da wove on her heart. When it was time for me to goes, I wook at her one wast time and den I go. Now I be here, I feels gug and I wants to habe fun, I hurts no more and I wanna see da neat tings I hear bout dis pwace. Mr. Doonie Buddy asks, does da tubes come in wittle and big sizes, my mom tease me bout my big butt and it be 'barassin ifin I gets stuck in a tube my first day here. Sure kid and the name is Mr. Muldoone Mully informs him, we gots tubes in all sizes, shape, and colurs, just pick da one you want." As the two ferrets had been talking they were walking along and Buddy stopped to look around. He was at an intersection of sorts with signs pointing down the various paths leading to different things. He saw the sign pointing to the main 'Tone stream, the path leading to the chicken gravy pond, and finally his eyes came to rest on the sign pointing to Tube City. "Make way for da BuddyFewet" he yelled out in a banchie shriek and with that he was off and bouncing down the path on his way to Tube City. Dere goes one happy fewet Mully thinks to himself, I tink I like his style and I just bet he would be gud on fwannel nightghown waids. [Posted in FML issue 4637]