It was a lovely day at de Bridge. SaraFerret was busy crocheting toys for de kits at de Bridge (ah dere were so many of dem). She had such a big stack of dem sitting by her side and she was thinking how much de little kits at de orphanage would love dem. All of a sudden, she heard heard a crash and looked up. OOPS, apparently someone had miscalculated landing; sure enough dere was Dexter lying on her floor. He gave hisself a little shake and got up and said, "Uh, SawaFewwet, sowwy about the hole in your woof. I gets that fixed wights away. But anyway, I has this note from the Boss. I guess I got my landing gear all mixed up and went thwu your woof instead of at your door. Buts you best gets over to the entwance and meets these fewwets, as you knows how unhappy the Boss gets when you make the fewwets wait. Is there anyone you want me to gets?" SaraFerret looked at de hole in her roof and sighed and took de note. She read it and realized that she had better hurry. So she told Dexter dat dere was no need for him to fetch anyone, but to work on her "woof". And she headed for de entrance. There I saw a blaze boy and a dew girl and a little albino waiting for here at de entrance (Oh My, here I wastes my precious time with Dexter and left dese poor old souls waiting for me). So I quickly 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. You will have lotsa friends to play with. Did I mention all de fun and games?" The little DEW spoke first, "I am Wilma and I guess I am the boss of this group as most girls are. The blaze here is Peppy and he can't hear so there is no use asking him any questions. And the albino over there is Chex. We all came from Missy Susan's place. She told us all about you and what a great place this was and for us not to be afraid. This place looks pretty, but the only ferrets we see are you and us. Are they hiding somewhere? How come some people on earth are just so mean and dump us ferrets when we get sick and don't want us? They sure wanted us when we were young and cute. But when they gave us to Missy Sue they gave some kind of silly excuse like they had to move somewhere that didn't allow ferrets." Just then Peppy, the deaf blaze spoke up, "Hey wait a minute, I can hear everything you said. It's like a miracle. You can ask me any question you want. I agree that Missy Susan was such a sweet person for taking care of us. But we was just too sick for the vet to help us. Guess our other folks waited too long to give us to her." I sighed, "Wilma I agree dere are some people on earth dat are NOT nice, dey even treat dere own kind just as bad and toss dem away just like dat. But dere are good people who took you in so you could spend your last days with love. As for other fuzzies, maybe dey are hiding. We will have to go find dem later and hunt dem down. It will be a bit like hide-and-go-seek which is a fun game. But I have a big surprise for you. Each of you will be getting your own set of wings just like I have--well not exactly like mine--yours will be special for you." So all four of went down de path to de Wing House where de wings were stored. We opened de door and on de counter were boxes marked--"Chex" "Wilma" "Peppy". Chex opened his box first and took out his wings-- bright green with black streaks. I helped him put on his wings and Wilma adjusted his halo. Den Wilma opened her box and took out wings-- bright blue with silver streaks. Again I helped her put on her wings and Peppy adjusted her halo. Finally Peppy opened his box and took out his wings--bright lavender with pink streaks. This time Wilma helped him put on his wings and I adjusted his halo. One by one each went to stand in front of de big vanity mirror to gaze at dere reflection. Den dey turned to me and in unison dey said, "Gee I wish Mommy Susan could see us now." Den I gots an idea. So we opened de door and went down de path to de Misting Pond and sat down beside de cool clear water. With one swish we saw a vision of Mommy Susan and Brother Josh appear. Dey got so excited dey started waving and dooking with all of dere might. "We love you so much. Thank you for loving us. Thank you for taking care of us. We are sorry we couldn't have stayed longer. You were so very good to us." Den each of dem began to throw hugs and kisses and laid dem on a nearby 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. We left dere and went down another road and saw a large gathering of fuzzies in front of a cottage with a sign dat said "Welcome to Razorback Lodge." (I had to think for a bit--oh yeah-Arkansas- Razorback-it figures--anything to remind dem of home--fuzzies are so smart). I could hear music a-playing. De fuzzies gathered around to invite dere new members in even though dey had never met. But now dey were all family now. I could see all sorts of food laid out (everything that had been forbidden on earth). Mercy, dese Arkansas fuzzies sure do know how to party--tailgaters perhaps? I was invited to stay, but I had to get back to my cottage to see how de repairs to my roof (woof as Dexter called it) were going. So I gave de newcomers hugs and said my good byes. So ended another greeting at de Rainbow Bridge. Lovey and hugs, SaraFerret, bridgegreeter [Posted in FML 6506]