It was a lovely day at de Bridge. SaraFerret was on de roof of her cottage with Serena and Isabel. Whatever for, you might ask? Why, to repair one of de latest miscalculations of Dexter's courier deliveries. If you remember Dexter, there is no need to say anymore. SaraFerret was holding de shingles down and pounding de nails down that Serena and Isabel were handing her. "There" she said, "Almost finished, except for dat corner over there." With just a bit more pounding, she was finished. Then she looked up and saw Mimi, the little girl courier, approaching, so she waved her over to where she was. Mimi saw her and she alighted on the roof and said, "SaraFerret, why are you on the roof? Oh wait, don't tell me. Was it Dexter? We had a hole in the courier compound just like yours. We had to fix it also. So I shouldn't even have asked. I know he means well. Anyway, I have a message from the Boss. A ferret is crossing the Bridge. I know you have greeted some of his friends. Is there anyone you want me to fetch?" She handed me de note and I read it. I asked her to get the family and friends of the fuzzy. (My, Mimi was so smart to figure out who it was who made de hole in de roof and she was right--Dexter was well-meaning, but ...) I scampered off to de entrance. I knew I probably would be late. And sure enough I was. The fuzzy was waiting right there and looking puzzled and couldn't understand which direction to go. Which was good for me, otherwise he would have gotten lost and then I would've been in big trouble with a lost fuzzy. So I quickly 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 pain or suffering. You will have lotsa friends and will run on green grass forever. Did I mention de fun and games?" He replied, "My name is Kody and I belong to Granny and Mommy Julie. Do you know them? Granny always wrote poems and said them to me and my friends. Do you write poems and say them to your kits? I wanna go back to them. I don't see anyone here that I know. All I see is you and you seem to be awfully busy. What will I play with here? I don't see any toys at all. What kind of games do you play here? I know I am a boy ferret but would you hug me cause I am scared and I was asleep and all of a sudden I was here." I put my paws around him and gave him a big fuzzy hug as two big tears dripped down his cheeks. "Kody," I said. "I know you were asleep when you were called to leave, but once you are here there is no going back. This is home now. I don't know Granny and Mommy Julie personally although I have greeted a number of their fuzzies and I know Granny writes beautiful poems. I just wish I could write poems like hers. However some of de fuzzies here say poems so maybe dey will say poems to you. I do read stories to my kits though. Trust me when I say there are lotsa your friends here and you will see them later--please be patient. We have lotsa toys here and games and your friends will show them to you and just wait until you see de Otter MudSlide. It is just de most funnest thing we has." It seemed to cheer him up and he did admit he felt a whole lot better than he had ever felt and then he noticed my wings and felt he just had to ask. "Uh, SaraFerret, I don't mean to be rude, but what are those funny looking things on your shoulders?" I mean are they growths or something, cause if they are, then I apologize, cause Granny and Mommy would be soooo upset if they found out I was anything but polite." I answered, "Oh you weren't being rude. I was just getting around to telling you about my wings. Every fuzzy that arrives here gets his own special pair of these--designed for him. They are great for flying about de heavens, sure beats hopping from cloud to cloud. So if you will just follow me." Together we went down de path to de Wing House. But at de door, we were met by his twin brother, Ice Cream. Kody was overjoyed. They danced for a minute. But I finally told them we had some things we had to get done, so they settled down. We opened de door and on de counter was a big box (of course). He opened de box and took out de wings--Lavender with silver streaks. I helped him put on his wings and Ice Cream adjusted his halo. Then he ran to de big vanity mirror and gazed at his reflection. Den he turned to me and said, "Gee I wish Granny and Mommy could see me now." Den I gots an idea. So we opened de door and went down de path to de Misting Pond and who should we meet but de rest of his family. There was Q-Tip and Patches and Panda and all de rest. (Now at least, Kody knew I hadn't been telling him stories). We sat down beside de cool clear water and with one swish we saw the vision of his beloved Granny and Mommy Julie appear. Kody got so excited he started waving and dooking with all of his might. "I love you both. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for your poems. My family is right here with me. I have wings now and soon I will be able to fly. My family says we have lotsa toys here and there are plenty of games to play and places to go. Oh yes, I did get a hug when I got here because I was scared, but now I am ok. I feel lots better now." Then they all began to throw hugs and kisses and wrapped dem with all of dere love 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. So we left there and went down the road through the sweet williams across the blue cornflowers past the yellow roses and finally saw their beautiful cottage. Fuzzies were running in and out. You could see a party was going on. Kody seemed really amazed. He asked me who the party was for. I told him it was a welcome to de bridge party for him. And that these were friends and neighbors. We went inside and all sorts of food was laid out. The food so forbidden on earth, like chocolate ice cream, pepsis, cold iced tea, and squirt cheese and crackers, etc. Of course music was a-playing. He was so excited, he could barely dook. His brother was chattering all about de Mudslide where they were gonna go de next day. I was invited to stay and eat and dance, but I could see that Kody was getting settled in, so I gave him a hug and waved to all. I headed for home as I was really tired. All dat climbing around on that roof had done me in. Yes I know this is de Bridge and all that, but...fuzzies still get tired. Hmmm now to figure out how to log this in...Kody or Cody? Ah well, de Boss will know, He always knows everything. Lovey and hugs, SaraFerret, bridgegreeter [Posted in FML 6646]