Last night, a little voice whispered in my dreams. Yes, it was my little buddy Kaptin Nemo. This is what it said: Hi mom. Just wanted to let you know I gots here OK. Da Rainbow Bridge crossing was fun! I wasn't worried 'cause I knowed da Naughtyless was unnerneth if i falled. I gots a great welcome, and all the Underfoot Family was there. I already knowed CC (Little Ceester) dat was Chatty Cathy. She was so much prettier wit all her fur though. Da rest was all new to me, but dey said dey had been watchin us all. Da Greater Harry Underfoot was da only one back der dat dey knowed, and dey were waitin' for da others to cross to get to know dem. Der was a great welcome party, an I dressed up in my new uniferm dat Miz Carol desined. I gots to know Da Princess Anne and Da Prinz George. Dat Prinz George, he has 'advanced linguistic capabilities' and said he would be glad to be spokesferret to yuz from da Family up here, so yuz might just be hearin from him. He didn't know yuz would be listenin' in yur dreams, so he nebber tried wisperin' to yuz. An' I met da odder princess, Beana Underfoot. She was da second Princess. I herd about her from CC and Harry. Dey also told me stories of IB. Dat IB was a big boy and his nickname was Gentle Giant. He's still a big boy, but real nice. We wrestled a bit at da party; he sure is big! I met da Angelique Claire. Everybody calls her A.Claire. She's got her baby colors back, DEW wit a brown stipe down da back jus like da eclairs dat mom likes to eats. But she's hard to unnerstand cause she chatters wit a french accent. 'Bon jour, mon enfant' she says to me. Well, yuz knows dat if a guy fert says dat, dem's fightin' words, but she kinda sings dem and dey sound, well, kinda nice. She's gone on dat Count Chocula fert, so I didn't make a pass. Dat Count, he's da fert who likes da airplane yuz tolds me bout. Dat CC girl, she's such a sweetie. An' adventerous now she's healthy. I sure likes dat CC girl. She's one gorgeous sable now! Maybe she'd like an 'ventrous sailor. John B. Underfoot, yuz called him JoBo er JonBoy, he wuz kinda shy. He thoughts mom didn' like him cause he and dat Dorothy S(not) who's still wit mom, anyway dey was kinda scared ob da rest ob us and dey used to chase us away. He thoughts mom was mad at him for chasin CC when she was so sick and weak. I told him dat he was wrong. Mom tol me to look fur him special and tell him she unnerstood him and loved him an' Dorothy too. He just didn't know what dat kin' of lovin' was after dat nasty lady locked him away in a tiny cage with Dorothy and two other ferts an' gave dem bad food and hit dem if dey snooped when she cleaned da litter box. Da odder two's up here, but JoBo hasn't looked dem up. I know da Boss (yep, gots to meet da Boss - tell yuz bout dat some odder time), anyway da Boss had told him dat mom unnerstood and loved him, but I guess JoBo figured da Boss didn' know wat mom was thinkin. Well anyway, I straightened him out on dat! An I tol him yuz sent a present on de Naughtyless, jus' fur him. Well, it's late and I got to get some sleep. Talk to yuz some more soon. I loves yuz, mom. Then I felt a whiskery kiss and it woke me up. Well, I got up and wrote this right down, so I wouldn't forget it. And I felt better, knowing the whole gang was together again. I'll have to get some pics together to show you. But, in the words of Kaptain Nemo: it's late and I got to get some sleep. Talk to yuz some more soon. Barb [Posted in FML issue 5252]