Hi all dis be SaraFerret. Sorry for delay. I has been having de (pant pant pants) again=de always hit every so often but wowsie, pant, pant pants, dey sure pant pant puts me in pant pant bed for a while pant pant. darn dem. pant pant. Sowwy. I hopes you is patient wit me pant pant. Also my human Mommy has not been well, pant pant. Well anyway back to my greetings. Pant-pant-pant-pant-pants. Oh rats!!! Buddy came across de bridge awhiles back pant, pant pant, strange ting tho, a little cat name Boots came up to de entrance of de bridge and says I am Buddy's friend and I cant come in, but I wants to make sure he gots here ok. I sures am gonna miss him, he has biggie tears in his eyes. Wowsie now dats devotion--I couldnt remmber a time when I had seen dat happen. But Buddy waves goodbye to his good friend and he seemed to know who I was even before I introduced mysselfs-so anyways I tells him I is SaraFerret, de Bridge greeter to welcome him to his new home where he will have no pain unless he looks for it. I guess occasionally (dictionary agagin) and I occasionally look for it by sniffing those darn daisies which I definitly has been told not to do. Pant-pant-pant-pants. Buddy looks at me and says wowsie Ms SaraFerret yous sure have a serious case of de pant pants. Yeppers you noticed I said trying to joke. He consoled me instead of me consoling him. Dat Buddy has a future maybe as a bridge greeter--what a diplomat. Okay when he gots across he was met by St Francis, our patron saint and by his business who had gone before him and wowsie was he thrilled. He lookedat dere wings and den looked at mine. If you donts mind me asking Ms SaraFerret, why is your wings white and dere's different colors. Well, Buddy, dat is one of de few perks of our job. We gets white wings like de big angels dat look after humans, cuz we carry biggie loads. Our jobs are no real walk in a park if you get my drift. He says well I can understand it sounds like it might be a bit difficult. (Wowsie, dis ferret sounds like he could be one dat when times get really difficult you could go over and cwy on his shoulders--not too many of dose.) Anyway Buddy. Do you wants to go over to Kit and Kaboodle and choose your wings? Sure he says--can my family goes wit me? Sure anybody who wants to. So a large group troops over dere. And Aunt Mary Ferret meets us at de door. I swear dat ferret must have radar. She can spot a new ferret ferret from de beginning of de bridge-prolly from de moment he starts to pass away on earth. She probably starts figuring out what color and kind of wings he/she will need. So she walks around Buddy--asks what color and interest he has. He says helikes tubes races and toys and bright red tings. Okay she says. And she climbs to de highest shelf. Buddy races over to help her. She says oh no young man I am still able to do this, but thank you any way, I can tell your human mommy raised you right. Of course Buddy blushes. Down came and big box marked special ferret. And out came a bright very blinding bright red pair of wings. Hey Santy Claus can always use him at night for guiding the sleigh but I digress (dictionary again), and trys dem on him and sets about wit nips and tucks until perfection. He looks gorgeous and dey look perfect not at all bright as we thought dey would be. Dey just fit him perfect/ We get his halo on him, and he is ready to go. But first he kisses Auntie Mary on de cheek and thanks her for her time. Of courss she blushes. Well I guess de group must have hired de mousey angels to pur on a biggie spread and dey has been working dere little pink buns off--dose little angels love parties and trust me dey do know how to put on a party. Dey tell Buddy dey have a biggie party planned for him and dey invite me (one advantage of being a greeter) and off we go. Biggie sign on de den says WELCOME HOME BUDDY. We go in and de rugs are rolled up and litter pans are discreetly placed in corners, food is our on de table--wowsie it looks good and I am so hungry (I is always hungry), and de music is on de jukebox and ferrets are already dancing and it promises to be a good night. I am signing off for now. Hugs and love from de Rainbow Bridge SaraFerret [Posted in FML issue 5380]