Wow, we're so busy up here, it's not funny. It's "fun" for us ferrets who love to be busy, but not funny. Especially to all you guys on earth who will be missing all of these loved ones. Well, let me give you an update on everything. Today, a little ferret named Dewey came stomping across the bridge today. I looked at him with big eyes, introduced myself and asked why all the fuss, ya know? He said he wasn't ready to leave his mommy Kimberly yet. He said he fought as hard as he could for her so he'd be around for this Christmas. He stood there with his little arms and paws folded across his chest in defiance. I said, "well, hold on there now little cowpoke" in my best John Wayne voice. This almost made him smile. His whiskers twitched all over the place, trying to keep a straight face. I tried again. But I tried a different voice and used James Cagney's instead, "Now listen here, you dirty rat ... see ... we're not all bad up here, see ... ". And that did it. His furry mouth started to crack upwards on the right side. So I finished it off with a good Dirty Harry, "You gotta ask yourself, punk, do you feel lucky..." That's when Dewey grinned ear to ear and said in his best Robert Dinero impression, "Are you lookin' at me?! Because if yer lookin' at me...." And we ran to each other, circled each other dooking. I told him, he's gonna love it up here. And that Christmas is expecially fun. We have so much going on up here. Santa even lets us participate in his Christmas eve trip. But I left that for a surprise. Just then, this white blur whisked right by me and pounced on top of poor Dewey. "Are you my new friend are ya? I've been waiting for the perfect friend. Are you my friend??" I told Dewey with a roll of my eyes, "Sigh, this is Whitey. He's been telling us that he's been waiting for the perfect buddy. He's a little ...excitable." I tell you, they took a real liking to each other though. They dressed each other up in Jingle bells, and had a ball bouncing from cloud to cloud making a rucous. I wasn't even needed to give the official tour. Dewey was all Whitey ever needed and vice versa. Sandee [Posted in FML issue 4733]