It was a lovely day at de Bridge. SaraFerret was spending her last day of vacation resting in her cottage. De kits were playing with dere toys and all was quiet. Then she heard a banging on de door. She knew instantly who it was, so she didn't even bother to get up to answer it. De door opened and in flew Dexter, de little boy courier. "SawaFewwet, how comes you didn't answer de door wights away? I has an message fwom de Boss. A fewwet is getting weady to cwoss de bwidge and you has been off longs enough. You don't wants de Boss to get mad at you, so you best get huwwy up and gets over dere." SaraFerret was really laid back from her rest, so she just took de note and read it and told Dexter to go on his way and she would take care of de rest. With dat, she gave de kits a hug and sent Dexter out de door and headed for de entrance. I was just in time to see a wee white fuzzy with a heavy backpack slowly creep across as though it was hard for her to see. I stood right at de entrance in case my help was needed to dash to de middle to help her. But no way, dis little feisty girl managed to get herself all de way to me. So I introduced myself, "Hi I am SaraFerret and I am de bridgegreeter. Welcome to de Rainbow Bridge. Dis is your new forever home. Here you will have no more pain or suffering and you will run on green grass forever." Well, de little fuzzy replied, "I am Leizl and I belong to Mommy Joan. Do you know her? I has been real sick, but I feel lots better now. Do you think you can fix my eyes so I can see better?. I don't know anyone here and I am kinda scared. Do you ever get scared I wish I could go back home, but I know that I can't cause Mommy did kiss me bye when she said bye but I wish I could see her again." "Hmm. Leizl, you have lotsa questions. But dis is de place to ask. First of all, I don't know of your Mommy personally, but I has greeted one or two of her fuzzies before. I know dat your Mommy must be wonderful. I was so scared when I first came here, cause I was de first fuzzy in my group to cross, but den I met lotsa new friends and I wasn't scared anymore. You probably will see your Mommy later if you are patient. As to your eyes--are you sure you are still having trouble seeing? Leizl began looking around and everything was clear and bright as it was when she was a kit and her insides no longer hurt anymore. It was really some kinda miracle. Den I asked her what was in her backpack and she looked at me suspicious-like. "What do you need to know for? Don't you have any secret things? " I replied, "Leizl, I won't take dem away from you, I just wants to know what new fuzzies bring across. Its been a long time since I was on earth and I likes to know what things are going on." "Oh, if that's all, she answered. Then she unzipped her backpack and took out a black string bag and her nappy sack and a small cloth bag and held dem close to her. "What is in de little cloth bag?" I asked. "Oh dese are all de hugs and kisses dat Mommy gave me before I left her. She doesn't know about dis little bag. So I can't open it or I will lose dem, Leizl said. "I understand about de cloth bag," I replied. So she carefully put everything into de pack and zipped it up again. Den I showed her my wings. "You will get a pair of dese." I said. "Why will I need those things," she replied. "Well, dey are great for flying about de clouds. Sure beats hopping from cloud to cloud. Besides dey do look kinda nice too. And once you get your flying lessons you will fly like a bird." So off we went down de path toward de Wing House where de wings were stored. We opened de door and on de counter was a big box (of course). She opened de box and took out de wings--Red with black edging--perfect for a wee white weasel. I helped her put on de wings and adjusted her halo. She ran to de big vanity mirror and gazed at her reflection and smiled at de beautiful ferret she had become. Den she turned to me and said, "Gee I wish Mommy could see me now." Den I gots an idea. We opened de door and went down de road to de Misting Pond and sat down beside de cool clear water. With one swish, Leizl saw a vision of Mommy Joan appear. She started waving and dooking with all of her might. "Mommy, thanks for rescuing me from the door of the pet store. Thanks for loving me and holding me all of this time. I love you so much." Den she started to throw hugs, kisses, and promises and wrapped dem with all of her love and laid dem on a nearby shooting star which was headed to Mommy's house and by de time you should read dis it should have reached you. And with another swish de vision was gone. On down de path we went. And dere in de trees was a banner, Welcome to de Bridge Leizl". "How did they know I was coming?" she asked. "Oh we has our ways," I replied. And den to her surprise, she came into a clearing where dere was a group of fuzzies who rushed out to meet her. "Hya Leizl, we are Mommy Joan's ferrets who came before you. You aren't by yourself. See you have a place here with us. We have a Wrecking Crew here. We have a party planned." So we all went into de cottage and sure enough, dere was iced cold pepsis, sweet iced tea, squirt cheese, crackers, soup, chocolate ice cream, m&m''s, anything you could think of. Music was playing. Wowsie, dis Crew really knows how to party. I was invited to stay, but I knew I should head home. I gave de darling little white weasel with de beautiful red wings with black edging a hug and headed for my cottage. So ended another greeting at de Rainbow Bridge. Loveys and hugs, SaraFerret, bridgegreeter [Posted in FML 6131]