When last we read, Renee Downs had Christianaferret realizing what she needed to do! The story was passed to Sent to Debbie Hunton. Debbie wrote: ... see my father first. He will know me immediately and will confirm my identity. Then, I shall need to search to discover how these marks on my ear came to be. For, even if they were real, I would still be a royal ferret. Yet I know that I am destined to provide an heir for both Dookdoms, so they must have been placed there through the workings of some evil plot. The Dook looked over at Christianaferret as she came to realize her own inner value, and he saw that she truly was royal. Yet, he had spent time with her, knew that he liked her, and that she would make a great hammock-mate as well as Dookess. They could be happy together, and share many war-dances and games. When Jerry and Ben arrived at the gates of Swellington, they were challenged because no one recognized Christianaferret in the common clothes the box had provided for her. But when the guards saw that it was the Dook of Cornish Hen who had arrived, they allowed the two ferrets to pass. As soon as the horses got close to the castle entrance, Christianaferret jumped down and ran inside to see her father. It had been an adventurous time for such a young ferret, and she looked forward to seeing him again, and telling him that she had grown up much in the short time she was away from him. But when she ran into the Dook?s court... To be continued. (If there is anyone who still needs a copy of Chapter One, please let me know and I'll send it right out! Or...if you'd like to try you hand at writing a section - let me know that, too!) Judy Cooke [Posted in FML issue 4949]