Today was such a lovely day at de bridge dat SaraFerret was just hanging out with a group of kits watching dem play and dance. All of a sudden Dexter, de little boy courier, dashed by and squeaked, SawaFewwet, dere's a note for yous. A fuzzy is getting weady to cwoss de bwidge and yous best gets over dere and meets him. He is weally having pwoblems. He hands me de note instead of dropping it on me as usual and zips off for parts unknown. Wowsie! Dat kit sure has worse speech problems den I do and dats saying some. I quick reads de note and runs to de entrance. Just in time! I see dis big fuzzy kinda wandering across holding desperately onto de handropes. Oh mercy, why does he keep looking down. Finally he makes it. I starts to introduce myself and he stops me, saying I can't hears you my young fuzzy lady, you see I is deaf. Hmmmm, I says. Then all of a sudden: POOF! The big fuzzy looks around and I starts to introduce myself again, Hi I am SaraFerret and I am de bridgegreeter. Hey, he says, I can hear you now, what happened. Oh its just one of dose things dat happens here, I replys. Den I goes ahead, Welcome to de Rainbow Bridge. Here you will have no pain or suffering. You will run free in green grass and have no nasty litter pans. You will have lotsa of friends and did I mention fun and games. Well de big fuzzy just kept looking real puzzled-like and finally said, Uh, I don't understand all dis, but my name's Lenny and I has been really sick and finally my Mommy says it was time for me to cross a bridge. Was dat what I was on. It sure bounced a lot. Yes, Lenny, dat was de Bridge dat you crossed. Dis is your new forever home. Dere are some fuzzies from your old home. Dey came here before you came. You will meet dem later. Den Lenny noticed my wings. Hey what are dose things on your back--dey sure look funny, what do you use dose things for? (All in one breath). Oh, I replys, we use dese to fly around de heavens, did you notice dat when you came across de bridge dat dere were clouds below. So we use de wings to fly around. It sure beats bouncing from cloud to cloud. It would get tiring real fast. Lenny and I both dooked and laughed over dat. Well he understood den de idea of de wings. So off we went down de garden path toward Kit and Kaboodle where de wings were stored. We opened de door and on de counter was a big box (of course). Lenny opened de box and took out de wings--neon green- perfect for a big, goofy, loveable guy fuzzy-de better to see him. I got a stepladder and helped him on with his wings and adjusted his halo. He ran to de big vanity mirror and looked at his reflection and for de first time he saw what a handsome fuzzy he was meant to be. He turned to me and said, Gee, I wish Mommy could see me now. Den I gots an idea. As we went out de door, we was met by a group of fuzzies who yelled, SURPRISE! Dere was Gracie-Lou, Murphy, and Butters waiting to greet him and welcome him. So off we went down de garden path toward de Misting Pond. We all sat down by de cool clear water and with one swish Mommy and all de fuzzies he had left behind appeared. Hey, Mommy, dey all dooked and waved, see us. Dey thought dey saw Mommy look up at de sky and smile. Lenny dooked, Hey Mommy I crosses a bridge like dat PEACE BRIDGE IN BUFFALO like you always talks about. Just like on earth. But it wasn't de same thing. I can hears now and I gots pretty green wings. I loves you Mommy. Thanks for taking me in and rescuing me. Den Lenny and de others started throwing hugs and kisses and wrapped dem with dere love and laid dem on a nearby shooting star which was headed to earth. Den with another swish de vision was gone. So off we went down de garden path. I checked with Lenny to see if he wanted de grand tour of de bridge. But de others said dat dey would take him another day. After all dis was de first day of his new forever home and he had a big party to attend at his cottage. I left dem dere and I headed back to de entrance. Dere was another fuzzy crossing. So ended another day at de Bridge. Loveys and Hugs, SaraFerret, bridgegreeter [Posted in FML 5772]