It was a lovely day at de Bridge. SaraFerret was exhausted and so she had just plain overslept. The kits woke up and decided to make their own breakfast. (OH-NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can imagine the mess.) Then they heard a knock at the door and Isabel went to answer it. There stood Mimi, the little girl courier, with a note in her paw. Isabel told her that Mommy was fast asleep but that she would wake her up, so of course... "MOMMY, the courier is here." in her loudest voice. Needless to say, SaraFerret awoke very quickly. Then Mimi handed her the note and said, "SaraFerret, sorry to wake you up, but there is a ferret crossing the Bridge. And his Mommy has requested that you greet him. And by the way, SaraFerret, your kits have made a big mess in the kitchen while you were asleep. I think they were trying to cook their breakfast. But anyway, do you want me to get his friends?" I read the note and looked at the mess. The kits looked sad, but I knew they were just hungry and trying to do the best they could, so I just told them it was okay. They seemed very relieved. So I asked Mimi to get his friends and I flew off to the entrance. I saw a DEW waiting there. So I quickly introduced myself, "Hi I am SaraFerret and I am de bridgegreeter. Welcome to de Rainbow Bridge. This is your new forever home. You will have no more pain or suffering. You will run forever on green grass and have lotsa friends. Did I mention de fun and games?" He looked at me and said, "Are you sure this is my final home? I have been in so many? I left my first home and went to the shelter and then went to a nice lady named Nancy who left me suddenly and then I went to Missy Marlene who kinda changed my name from Rascal to Bawls. I changed my color too. Would you believe I used to be a beautiful silver mitt instead of a regular old DEW? Do you like friendly ferrets? I betcha I could be a greeter or whatever you call it. I always loved to be the first one to meet the people who came to our house. Oh yeah what are those funny things on your shoulders--did you get some kinda growths or something when you were on earth? I notice that you seem to be able to wiggle them." I replied, "Yes, I saw that your name is Bawls and that you belong to Missy Marlene. I like friendly fuzzies; I really do. But it takes a long time to be a greeter and considerable training period. Sometimes fuzzes aren't too friendly when they cross, they are unhappy and weepy and out of sorts. So it takes a great deal of skill to greet. I did see that you were a very loving fuzzy though. As to these funny things on my shoulders, these aren't growths; these are wings. I can take them off when I go to sleep or when I go swimming or for certain games. But these are so great for flying about the heavens, it sure beats hopping from cloud to cloud. You are gonna get your very own pair--special for you. So if you will follow me. Off we went down the garden path to the Wing House where the wings were stored. We opened the door and on the counter was a big box (of course). Bawls opened the box and took out his wings--neon blue. I helped him put on his wings and I adjusted his halo. Then he ran to the big vanity mirror and gazed at the reflection of a handsome silver mitt who stared back at him. He turned to me and said, "Gee I sure wish Missy Marlene could see how I look now." Then I gots an idea. We opened the door and left there. Then we went down the path to the Misting Pond where we were met by some of his friends and boy, was he happy. We sat down beside the cool clear water and with one swish we saw the vision of Missy Marlene appear. He got so excited he started waving and dooking with all of his might. "I love you so much. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for taking care of me and holding me. I am glad that I had a home with you. I feel so much better now and guess what: I am back to being a silver mitt again. And I have wings now and they are beautiful. I found some friends here and we are gonna have fun and they said I have other friends here too." Then he began to throw hugs and kisses and laid them on a nearby shooting star which was headed to your house and by the time you should read this it should have landed there. And with another swish the vision was gone. I could see him chatting away with all of his friends and others were running up to join him. So I gave him a hug and said my good-byes. The last I heard was something about a party. But they were all running down the road. Me, I had to fly on home and clean up a well-meaning mess from the breakfast that the kits had made. So ended another greeting at de Rainbow Bridge. Lovey and hugs, SaraFerret, bridgegreeter [Posted in FML 7037]