After all this time, I finally have a sock stealer. You've often written about them, but none of my first four ferrets engaged in this exploit. But now here's Angel, my newest adoptee (and ferret No. 5): "These are MY socks. These are MY socks. Gotta hurry. Gotta hurry. Gotta get these socks under the couch before Mom catches me." She cuts a hilarious picture making a mad dash across the living room floor and then running back to the laundry basket for more. Maybe she figures if she steals all my socks, I can't go anywhere. What gets me is she's so INTENT on this activity, like she has this furious deadline to meet. Run, run, run, run, run. Hurry, hurry, hurry. Linda, owned by Espie, Frankie, Lucky Charm, and Sock Angel [Posted in FML issue 1149]