It was a lovely day at de Bridge. SaraFerret was busy crocheting toys for de kits at de Kit and Kaboodle. What a big stack on de floor! All of a sudden she heard a CRASH. She looked up to see a head poking through her ceiling. Ah, of course, who else, but Dexter, de little boy courier. So she opened her door and flew around to her roof and helped him get out. No harm done to him, but the roof, sadly had to be repaired. Dexter said, "SawaFewwet, I guess I missed the landing place. I will help you fix your woof. I have a message that a fewwet is cwossing the Bwidge. I knows that I am late. So you best get busy. You know how upset the Boss gets when you is late. Is there anyone you wants me to get?" He handed me the note. I read it and told him who to fetch and oh yes, there was no need to help fix the roof. (I remembered de last time he helped me, I had to put a whole new roof on it). So I scampered off and was just in time to see a fuzzy waiting for me. 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 more pain or suffering and you will run on green grass forever. You will have lotsa of friends to play with. Did I mention de fun and games?" She looked at me rather perturbed and said, "My name is Milano and I was sposed to meet Sandee Ferret and I don't think I am in the right place. I really think I must have missed the crossing somewhere. Mommy said that Sandee was sposed to greet me. Now just where is she?" (And trust me, she stomped her little paw--hmmm, rather well too--well we know how DMKs are--they can get rather upset). "Milano, you are at de right place. Sandee Ferret has moved to a higher plane. So she is no longer a bridgegreeter, but if you like, later on you can chat with her. So there is no big problem." She replied, "Oh, excuse me, I didn't mean to throw a tantrum. But you don't know how miserable it can be. I was a DMK and I just loathe being in the wrong place. I was in such a bad place until Mommy Julie rescued me. Do you know the story of the DMKs? Then I went home to be with her and had such a wonderful life, but oh well. Do you have newspapers here to run and play in? Oh yeah, you can call me Lano or Milly if you want. I don't know anyone here, so I hope I won't be all alone. Do you want to be my friend here?" "Lano", I replied. "You won't be all alone here, just trust me, but I will me happy to be your friend. Of course I know de story of de DMKs--such a story--everyone here at de Bridge knows it. We don't have newspapers here but we have piles and piles of leaves; they are such fun to run in and crunch. And guess what you will get wings just like mine; well not exactly like mine--yours will be special; designed just for you. They are great for flying 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. But at de door who should we meet but Zoe, her friend from home. At last she knew she wouldn't be all alone. There was a brief reunion. Then we opened de door and on de counter was a big box--of course. Lano opened de box and took out de wings--blue with silver tips. Alright--perfect for the little DMK who had been through so much. Zoe helped her put on her wings and I adjusted her halo and then she ran to de big vanity mirror and gazed at her reflection and then she turned to us and said, "Gee I wish Mommy could see how pretty I look now." Den I gots an idea. We left there and went down de path to de Misting Pond. We sat down beside de cool clear water and with one swish we saw the vision of Mommy Julie with all de fuzzies appear. Lano got so excited she started waving and dooking with all of her might. "I love you Mommy. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for rescuing me. Thank you for teaching me not bite. You were so good to me. I feel lots better now. I has wings now and soon I will be able to fly. Zoe sends her love too. Oh yes, Sandee is no longer a greeter here, just thought I would let you know, but I will get to chat with her later." Then she began to throw hugs and kisses and wrapped them with all of her 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 through de sweet williams past de pampas grass and we finally arrived at their cottage. Fuzzies were running in and out and music was a-playing. One came over and said, "Welcome Milano." She was so surprised. She asked me how he knew her name and i just replied we knew those kind of things. All kinds of food was laid out and someone asked her to dance and yet another wanted to show her all the leaves she could run through and yet another group wanted to take her to the Otter MudSlide. Zoe finally called a halt and said, "Just let her dance; after all she has forever to do all the other things." We all laughed and dooked at that. I could see that Lano was gonna be busy, so I gave her a hug and said my good-byes. As I headed for home and my hole in de roof, I thought to myself well Dexter means well-just a bit spacey. Lovey and hugs, SaraFerret, bridgegreeter [Posted in FML 6676]