It was a lovely day at de Bridge. SaraFerret was crocheting toys for de kits at the village. She often did that when she wasn't too busy. She wasn't the best one to do this: there were others who were much much better, but she wanted to do her part. She had a nice little stack. A nice gentle breeze was blowing through the trees and she sighed contentedly. But all of a sudden she heard the whirr of little wings and she looked up to see OH NO! He made a landing right in her lap. Who should be there looking up at her but Dexter, the little boy courier, with a note in his paw. He said, "Uh, SawaFewwet, I meant to land beside you, not on you. But I has a message from the Boss that a fewwet is cwossing the Bwidge and this fewwet is bwing dwagons with her. And you know what dwagons do; they bweathe fire and they will burn the bwidge down. So you best gets wight over there before that happens. Do you want me to go get her friends?" He handed me the note and I read through it and then I told him, "Dexter, these dragons are gentle and they won't burn the bridge down and I believe that her friends have already been notified by someone, so you just run on back to the courier cottage and thank you for the note." He looked at me really puzzled because this was the first time I had thanked him. I just decided that maybe really being super-polite was the best way to deal with him. Then he flew off. And I headed for the entrance. I was just in time to see a lovely girl fuzzy crossing the Bridge accompanied by Grale, Naelyan, and Sairys who were three very large dragons. I had seen them before so I wasn't one bit scared. I waved at them and told them I could take care of her from this point on and then they flew off without breathing a bit of fire, for I knew they were very gentle creatures. 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. You will run on green grass forever and have lotsa friends. Did I mention de fun and games?" She replied, "Oh the dragons told me who you were. And for me not to be afraid. My name is Badger, but you can just call me Badgy like my Mom Liz and Dad Mike called me. Do you know them; oh how silly of me; of course you know them; you know everything. The dragons said that you do. Mom was so good to me as I was in a bad way when she found me and took me in. I have lived a good life with her, but then I got a bad something growing on me and I went to sleep in her arms and then the dragons brought me here. They said my friends would be here; where are they? Are you going to be my friend then? If so, we can be very good friends as I am a likable sort. Where am I going to live; with you? Is your place nice, maybe under a tree?" Finally I got a word in edgewise, "Badgy, I have heard so much about your Mom and I bet she was good to you as most mommys are. You will see your friends later and you will live with them. My place is very very small. I have two kits living with me and trust me, I don't think you would care to move into such a small place. But I have a surprise for you. Do you see my wings? You are gonna get your very own pair specially designed for you. They are so great for flying about de heavens--sure beats hopping from cloud to cloud. Unfortunately you can't fly back to earth. So if you will follow me." Off we went down de garden path to de Wing House where de wings were stored. But at de door, we met Addy, Numbi, and Merlin, her friends. She was overjoyed and they all danced together. After they calmed down, Merlin opened de door and we all crowded in and we saw on de counter a big box marked Badger. She opened de box and took out de wings--orangey shimmering with sparkling edges. (not quite gold as they were reserved for the big archangels and after all we were not THEM). Numbi helped her with her wings and Addy adjusted her halo (of course all halos are gold). Then she ran to the big vanity mirror and she gazed at her beautiful reflection. She turned to me and said, "Gee I wish Mom and Dad could see me now." Den I gots an idea. So 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 a vision of Mom Liz and Dad Mike appear. Badger got so excited she started waving and dooking with all of her might. "I love you so much. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for rescuing me. I got here safely. My friends are all here. And I have the prettiest wings and soon I will be flying about the heavens. Oh yeah, I feel ever so much better." Then she began to throw hugs and kisses and wrapped dem 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. So we left there and went down de road until we saw a big banner hung to a tree "Welcome to the Bridge, Badgy". We made a turn and there it was a large group of cottages, and Merlin proudly pointed out their cottage with a beautiful sign "Merlins Circle" of course with a NZ flag flying above. I could see a large group of fuzzies running around carrying platters of food--where there is that much food--there is a party. Of course there was music a-playing and we made a beeline for the noise. Badger was properly welcomed into the Clan and she was amazed at the food--chocolate ice cream, iced cold pepsis, sweet iced tea, squirt cheese and crackers, all sorts of yummy things that fuzzies are forbidden on earth. I was invited to stay and my kits, Serena and Isabel, mysteriously turned up out of nowhere, so I knew I had no reason to dash for home. Everyone started dancing and the kits were visiting with the others. The food was good too. Badger sure looked happy and she whispered to me, "I am so happy that I found my friends." I thought to myself, that it was great that she was so pleased with her new forever home. So ended another greeting at de Rainbow Bridge. Lovey and hugs, SaraFerret, bridgegreeter [Posted in FML 6785]