It was a lovely moonlit night at de Bridge. Of course SaraFerret was sound asleep in her hammie. So quiet, so peaceful. Then someone tapped on the cottage door. Isabel, who is awakens at the drop of a hat, bounced out of her hammie and ran to open it. In came Mimi, the little girl courier, with a note in her paw. Isabel asked Mimi to come in and she went to waken Mommy with a nudge. "Mommy" she said. "We has company, Miss Mimi is here and she has a note for you. You has got to get up." So SaraFerret got out of her nice warm hammie and said her polite "hello" to Mimi. Mimi said, "SaraFerret, I know its late, but the Boss sent a message that we have two ferrets crossing. Rather sad too. Is there anyone you want me to get?" She handed me de note and I quickly read it and told her who to get and I scampered off to de entrance. I knew there was no time to spare. I was just in time to see two fuzzies huddled together at de entrance. And yes, indeed, they did look very frightened. 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. You will run on green grass forever and have lotsa friends. Did I mention de fun and games?" They looked at each other and then one spoke up and said, "My name is Biscuit and his name is Seraph. He don't say much. Where is Mommy. Why are we here? What happened to us. Why is our fur all smoky? (At that moment a big tear slid down from his eye but he quickly brushed it away after all he was sposed to be the big fuzzy of the two). Oh yeah, can someone tell whoever is in charge of this place to fix that bridge, cause its awfully ricketty and it sways terribly. And where are the friends you mentioned? We sure don't see any. I don't mean to complain so much. But here we were asleep and when we woke up we was here. Wouldn't you be upset?" I replied, "Biscuit and Seraph, I know you have every right to be upset. I would be too if I was in your place. What happened according to de note we got was that there was a fire in your house. Your Mommy is ok, but she didn't make de trip with you. You fuzzies had to make de trip alone. That is why your fur was all smoky--you went to sleep and you just crossed over here, you didn't even know which was a blessing of a sorts. Trust me your Mommy is ok, cause she is de one who sent de note. You do have a friend here as you will find out late, if you are patient. About de bridge, I will pass de information on to de Boss who is in charge of this place although I imagine He has already heard it from your mouth. Please don't be concerned about complaining; a lot of fuzzies do it when they first cross--I did it too when I crossed the bridge. Oh yes, I have got a surprise for you, do you see de wings I have on my shoulders? You will each get your very own pair of these. Not to worry--they will not be sissy wings like mine. They will be nice boy wings special for each of you. Now if you will follow me." So off we went down de garden path to de Wing House where de wings were stored. But at de door to their surprise there was Kai, who had crossed last year. Well at least they knew I hadn't been telling them stories. A happy reunion, they wouldn't be all alone here. We opened de door and on de counter was two big boxes--"Biscuit" "Seraph". Biscuit opened his box and took out his wings--lavender with pink streaks. Seraph opened his box and took out his wings--blue with black streaks. Kai and I helped them put on their wings and adjust their halos and each ran to de big vanity mirror and gazed at dere reflections and then together they turned to me and said, "Gee We wish Mommy could see us now." Den I gots an idea. All four of us went out de door and on down de path to de Misting Pond and sat down beside de cool clear water. With one swish we saw a vision of Mommy appear. Biscuit and Seraph got so excited they started waving and dooking with all of dere might. "We love you Mommy. Thank you for loving us. We understand what happened. We are happy you are safe and ok. Please don't worry about us. We are fine. Kai is here with us. We have wings now and soon we will be able to fly. Please take care of yourself Mommy." Then all of them began to throw hugs and kisses and wrapped dem with all of dere love 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 there and went down de road to their cottage which was surrounded by blue cornflowers. Fuzzies were standing all around and music was a-playing. We all went inside and the two newcomers were amazed at all of the food. "What's with all of this?" they asked. Kai replied, "Its a party for you. Welcome to the Bridge!" I could see they were visiting with their old friend and getting acquainted with new friends so I just waved my goodbyes and headed for home. Oh yes, on de way, I made a mention to de Boss of dere request about de "ricketty swaying bridge." Lovey and hugs, SaraFerret, bridgegreeter [Posted in FML 6635]