This is sort of a funny story that happened the other night. The young couple that lives above us got into an argument about 3am. I could hear them yelling from downstairs. Someone must have called the county police because they arrived shortly afterward. The girl's boyfriend had already left the scene a couple minutes before the police showed up and the girl was standing on the stairway. I know this because I had opened my door to ask what was going on and saw her there. As the police walked to the entrance I had shut the door. I heard the officers come in and a few minutes later there was a knock on my door. I opened the door and the officer said, " I think you lost someone". I walked out into the hall and up the stairs, immediately realizing that one of the ferrets must have snuck out. As I approached the upper landing, I saw who it was. The other officer was on the landing questioning the girl, and standing right next to him, at attention, was my silver male Mickey. I guess he had heard the commotion himself and wanted to investigate. I told the officer he must have gotten out when I opened my door to see what all the ruckus was. I then picked up Mickey, who really wanted to stay and assist the officers. After I returned him to my apartment, he waited by the door until he heard the police leave, then he went back to bed. Moral : You really have to watch the door, even if you only open it for a minute, thinking all the fuzzies are sound asleep. and... Ferrets can make good detectives. Fred R... Mickey, Niki, Merlin, and Crystal. [Posted in FML issue 1307]