It was a lovely day at de Bridge. SaraFerret was trying to crochet little toys for farm ferrets who had no one. One toy done, then another, wow this was going faster than she had thought and before she knew it she had over twenty done. Her plan was to get two dozen completed. However, she heard a knock on her door and little Serena ran to open it and in came Mimi, the little girl courier, with a note in her paw. She said, "SaraFerret, there is a ferret getting ready to cross the bridge and people have made a special request for you to greet him. There are others from the same clan here already. Do you want me to go fetch them?" I took de note and read it.. Den I raced to de entrance and Mimi went to get de requested fuzzies. Sigh! De sable fuzzy had already crossed de bridge and was wandering down de path. But I managed to meet up with him and I introduced myself, "Hi I am SaraFerret and I am de bridgegreeter. Welcome to your new forever home. Sorry I wasn't at de entrance when you came across. Here you will have no more pain or suffering. You will run on green grass forever and have lotsa friends. Did I mention de fun and games?" De little boy looked at me and said dejectedly, "My name is Peppa and I belong to Mum Teresa and Dad William. D'ya happen to know them? Where are these friends? Am I going to have to hang around with you? I mean I am sure you are nice and all that. But I really would like to hang with the guys. Besides you are kinda thin and puny like. I don't think you could keep up with me. Oops I didn't mean to be smart- aleck. I am just used to being with the guys-I guess its a guy thing. While I am here d'ya think you could fix this zipper thing so I could go back home and be with my family and forget about this bridge. I would just as soon pass it up." I just sighed a bit and said, "Uh Peppa, I don't know your folks. As to your zipper why look at yourself. You are already fixed. You look as good as new. However dere is no going back. Once you are here, dis is your new home. But really it is quite nice." Just den, Chrony, one of de NZ fuzzies, stepped out from behind de bushes and said, "Well hi, my lad. What a handsome one you are. I am sure this young lady ferret didn't take offense at what you said. Besides she knows how us guys are. Now let me tell you all about these wings you are going to get. Now you see what I have. You are going to get your very own pair." Well, that brightened Peppa up a lot. So off de three of us went down de garden path to de Wing House where de wings were stored. We opened de door and on de counter was a big box (of course). Peppa opened de box and took out his wings--black with red stripes. Chrony helped him put on his wings and I adjusted his halo. Den he ran to de big vanity mirror and gazed at his reflection. Den he turned to me and said, "Gee I wish Mum and Dad could see me now." Den I gots and idea! We went out de door and we met others from de NZ clan who introduced theirselves: Shawnee, Ash, Siteva, Chocolate, Argun, and Bridge. We went on down de path to de Misting Pond and sat down beside de cool clear water and with one swish we saw a vision of his mum and dad appear. Peppa got so excited he twitched his raison nose and started waving and dooking with all of his might. "Mum and Dad, I love you so much. Thank you for loving me. I have met up with some NZ chums here. I know we can get a game of rugby going too. I have wings now and soon I will be able to fly. Oh yes I don't hurt anymore." Then he began to throw hugs and kisses and a wag of his tail and laid dem on a nearby shooting star and by de time you should read dis it should have landed dere. And with another swish de vision was gone. We headed down de road to de NZ Clan's Cottage where a party was planned. Dere was music a-playing and food was laid out. I was invited to stay and perhaps go to de Otter Mudslide later dat day. But it had been a hectic day. And I knew better than to push my luck. As I went back home I was so happy dat Peppa had found his chums and he was not stuck with a thin puny girl fuzzy for a playmate. Those NZ fuzzies looked pretty good-sized. Lovey and hugs, SaraFerret, bridgegreeter [Posted in FML 6413]