Some of you might remember a sting of posts several months ago that began with a story about me singing to my ferrets all day long. For days, fun stories were shared by others about their singing antics with their babies. Then some creative writers began sharing some really cool songs with ferret related words that they wrote, so then those of us who have no songs ... had them. The initial post about a really annoying thing that I do to distract myself from negative thoughts. I sing something really repetitive and happy without any regard to how it sounds. For example, to cheer myself up while cleaning the litter pans, I sing the Litter Box Song. I squeak and squeal while I sing because the ferrets really like it and gather around me and listen. Through the vents of my house at 5pm, you'll hear me echoing, "All the pretty ferrets sing ... la la la". I sing this melody over and over and only sometimes do I vary words or add verses. Those close to me know that we have a new buddy this year named Sunny. He is a cockatiel and he is our velcro bird. He is attached to our shoulder most of the day and even goes out on errands with us. He is very smart and he talks as well as does tricks. So much so, in fact, that I started to run out of tricks and things to teach him to say. So what did I come up with? All the pretty ferrets. He almost has it down. We are trying to teach him to sing it on site when a ferret enters the room. I am dying to record it and put it on the net to show you guys. But he won't do it around the computer mic. I don't have any other recording device except perhaps my sons little mp3 player. I haven't figured it all out yet. I promise though, that when this bird learns to sing the song nice and clear, I'll share it. Wolfy "All the preeeeeeeetty ferrets sing ... la la la. So I don't wanna kill them ... la la la. All the pretty little ferrets sing ... La la la. Cause I really love them ... la la la". [Posted in FML 5416]