It was a lovely day at de bridge, however it didn't matter to SaraFerret as she was on vacation. She was catching up on some much-needed sleep in her cottage. So peaceful, so quiet. De kits were away visiting at camp. All of a sudden she heard a knock at de door. She turned over in her hammie and played Possum and hoped de noise would just go away. Den de door came open and in flew Dexter, de little boy courier. She tried to ignore him, but he playfully flipped her hammie and she fell onto de hammie below her. (Good thing dat was dere). Well dat wokes her up for sure. Wakes up, SawaFewwet, I has a note from de BOSS for you. Dis lady wants you to gweets her fuzzy. You best huwwy and do it wights away. So she checks de note and sure enough, a Miss Debby has asks special for her to greets her fuzzy, so she asks Dexter to gets his friends and take dem to de meeting place and she heads for de entrance thinking to herself, Gee I hopes he gets de right ones: not three rats and two bunnies like he did once before. Just in time! An elderly sable Siamese blind fuzzy with a tiny backpack was getting ready to cross de bridge. Mercy! He was having a hard time. Dis was his last journey; de one dat everyone, human and fuzzy alikes must take all alone, and he knew dat he must do it and so he plodded on. Finally toward de entrance I reaches out my paw to him and he grabs at it and I helps him across. He hugs me tight and says I knows who you ares and den kisses my paw. My Mommy says dat I is de most polite fuzzy in de whole wide world and us TX ones knows how to behave with a girl fuzzy and even tho I can't sees you, I can tells dat you is a girl. Well, I blushes, and introduces myself. I am SaraFerret, de bridgegreeter. Welcome to de Rainbow Bridge. DIs is your new forever home. Here you has no more pains or suffering and you gets to run on green grass forever. You gets to have lots of cheerios and all de food you wants. By de way, I asks him, whats in your backpack (fuzzies, unlike people are allowed to take anything dat dey can stuff into dere secret backpacks when dey cross de bridge)? He looks at me and says, Does I has to give it up? Oh no I replies, I is just nosey like any fuzzy. So he just unzips it and takes out a small cloth bag, but den he tells me dat he can't open it, because he will lose everything he has in it, like de kisses and hugs Mommy gave him so he can remember her until she comes, and a few tears dat she cried when she had to let him go, and of course a piece of her heart. Den he took out a few strands of her hair and held dem close to his heard and den he packed all of it inside de backpack again so dey would be safe and he could have Mommy close to him. And at dat moment, something happened: POOF! Ozzy looked around and he could SEE everything and he felt so good. He started jumping up and down and hugging me and dooking with joy. Den I showed him another surprise. See dese wings on my shoulders, you gets dese too. You will gets to fly like a bird. You gets to wear a halo too. Ozzy was so happy he could barely dook. So off we went down de path toward de Wing House where de wings were stored and den he got another surprise! At de door were his old friends, Daisy Mae and Mimi, who had crossed before him. Oh happy days, but reunion time just had to wait for a bit. We opened de door and on de counter was a big box (of course). Ozzy opened de box and took out de wings--Silver with blue streaks. So perfect for the sable Siamese. Daisy Mae helped him put on his wings and Mimi adjusted his halo. Den he rushed to de big vanity mirror and gazed at his reflection and saw for de first time what a handsome fuzzy he was. He turned to me and says, Gee I wish dat Mommy could see me now. Den I gots an idea. Offs we went down de garden path toward de Misting Pond and sat down beside de cool clear water. With one swish he could see de vision of his Mommy Debby and his Daddy Gary and all de fuzzies and even de family in NC so far away. Ozzy saw dem look up at de sky as tho dey could see something and he started waving and dooking with all of his might, Thanks for saving me, thanks for loving me. I loves you so much. I can see now and I feels so much better. I gots pretty wings and I can fly now. Den dey all starting throwing hugs, promises, and kisses and wrapped dem with dere love and laid dem on a nearby shooting star, but as it left here it started to explode heading to TX and NC so everyone could get his love. And with another swish de vision was gone. We headed again down de path and he saw a banner strung across de trees: WELCOME TO DE BRIDGE OZZY!. How did dey know I was coming, he asked. Oh we has our ways, I replied. Den he saw it: Canyon Lake Retreat: it looked almost, but not quite like home. A cottage with limestone around it. But here fuzzies had laid out a picnic and music was playing and around de corner was another surprise! Ozzy spotted it right away! De big big box of cheerios! Even tho dere was food all over de place, Ozzy dove into de box and de last I sees of him was his tail and one foot. I thought to myself, Oh well, he will come up when he's thirsty. Soon he will know dat dere is always plenty of all de cheerios dat he could ever want. I waved bye to all and shook Ozzy's foot and headed off to my cottage. To heck with my nap, my cottage could do with cleaning anyway now dat de kits are away. Such a blessing dat nice lady rescued him from dat flood. Blessed are de rescuers for de shall wear crowns of gold in heaven. (THIS IS A POST-ONLY EMAIL ADDRESS. IN-COMING EMAILS ARE AUTOMATICALLY DELETED). [Posted in FML 5962]