A little fella with a sweet name, Sebastion, came over the bridge the other day. He was looking for something important. I went up, introduced myself, and explained where he was. He already knew, but it is comforting to hear it for yourself sometimes. He said he'd love to chat, but he was on a mission. This ferret with kind eyes was searching for something. The first place he looked was through the heather. Then he looked through the rice beds, over the meadow, in the trees, by the streams, and in the clouds. When he was looking in the clouds, a little weangel popped his little head out at him. It was Nero! Nero was tackled and licked, and snuggled against like Sebastion had never touched a ferret before. You know though, it was like they had never been apart after that intial frenzy. I thought then, that Sebastion could now settle into a hammie, pick up some snacks, and take some licks out of ferretone fountain. But he was still looking for something. Wasn't Nero that something I asked? Well, in part it was. But not all of what he was looking for. Nero and I followed him through foamy fry forest where we took some fries down and did some bopping with them. Nero gave Sebastion quite a few bops there. Then we stopped and harrassed the mink at the brook. But Sebastion kept looking. My goodness he even picked up a minks tail and looked. Those fiesty mink chased us all the way to the badgers trees. And of course Sebastion had to go nosing into those holes. Badgers came out stomping in a might grumpy way and we were off running once again. Nero and I were getting pretty beat, so we sat Sebastion down and asked him what he was looking for once and for all. That's when he saw the reflecting pond over my shoulder. And he took off like a shot towards it. Bright eyed, he gazed into it with relief as Nero and I approached his side. I asked what was there? Home he said. Nero and I looked in the pond to see Jonathan. I said that he was already at his new home where he can be at peace. Right here at the bridge, his forever home. He said, "yes, but it won't really be a complete home until Jonathon is here." And with a relieved smile, he winked, "Now lets see about that snack bar and new hammy while I wait." [Posted in FML issue 5024]