It was a lovely day at de Bridge. SaraFerret was playing with de kits when all of a sudden she heard a knock at de cottage door. Isabel, one of de kits, ran to open de door and found a visibly upset Mimi, de little girl courier, with a note in her paw. "SaraFerret, there has been an accident on earth and there is a group of ferrets crossing the bridge. Here is the note. Do you want me to fetch some of their family?" I took de note and read it with a SIGH! and sent Mimi on her way to way to get the family. I went to de entrance, but I didn't run at my usual quick run. But nevertheless, I was just in time to see de line of fire-singed fuzzies slowly making dere way across de bridge. My, dere was so many of dem. One by one dey gathered around me. I introduced myself to dem. "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. And you will have lotsa friends." (Den I realized dat dey were all surrounded by lotsa friends and family. Oh well.) Den A big DEW said, "I am Yogi, and I guess I is de spokesferret for de group cuz Daddy always said I had every piece of his heart." A little sable girl said, "I is Sweet Pea." Another fuzzy named Coco showed me how he could play dead on command. (How cute! But I didn't have a treat for him). PJ just wanted to have her adrenal problem taken care of right den. Butters, de fat champagne, had his paw wrapped around Little Dude--he said, "I am his big protector." Bindi Sue and Dakota seemed to be de Mommas of de group and were trying to keep everyone moving along. Especially poor little Odis who didn't much care for de other fuzzies in de group. But den little Odis spoke up in a tiny voice, "Are Momma Evelyn and Poppa Keith ok? I don't see dem anywhere." I tried to reassure dem all and said, "Dey are ok. If dey were not, dey would be dancing at de Bridge with you right now. However your house is ashes now." Den Yogi spoke once again, "Well, all I can remember is dat dere was a kinda explosion and den a lot of heat and den we were here. But I don't recall hurting all all. But now dat we are here can we get some new fur and get rid of dis smoky stuff and all dis smell? At dat moment, POOF! dey became like dey were when dey were adolescent fuzzies and dey looked at each other in amazement. "Hey dat was pretty cool!" Den I showed dem my wings. Butters said, "You know, I noticed dem, but I just thought dey were just some sort of growth and I didn't want to be rude, so I didn't say anything." So why do we need wings." "Oh, I said, "We need wings to fly about de heavens. Sure beats hopping from cloud to cloud." So off we went down de garden path to de Wing House where de wings were stored. We opened de door and managed to all squeeze inside and on de counter were 25 boxes--of course. Each fuzzy took out his wings and we helped him put on his wings and adjusted his halo. Each ran to de big vanity mirror and gazed at his/her reflection. Den dey all turned to me and said, "Gee I wished Momma and Poppa could see us now." Den I gots and idea. So we opened de door and went down de road to de Misting Pond and sat down beside de cool clear water. With one swish we saw a vision of Momma and Poppa appear with dere 3 fuzzies. All 25 began to wave and dook with all of dere might. "Momma and Poppa, we love you so much. Thank you for loving us. Thank you for rescuing us. We don't hurt anymore. We has wings now and we will be able to fly. We promise to visit you one day in your dreams." Den dey began to throw kisses and hugs and wrapped dem with all of dere love and laid dem on a very big shooting star which was headed to your house and by de time you should read dis it should have landed dere. And with another swish de vision was gone. As we left dere, we were met by a large group from Father Nature"s Cottage, carrying a banner: WELCOME TO DE BRIDGE". "How did dey know we were coming?" asked Coco. "Oh we has our ways." I replied. They all trooped down de road to a group of cottages where a large feast was laid. Music was playing and fuzzies was dancing. I waved goodbye and headed for home. I knew dey had no more need for me as dey had now reached dere new forever home. So ended another greeting at de Rainbow Bridge. Lovey and hugs, SaraFerret, bridgegreeter [Posted in FML 6257]