Stress Relievers - Hugging a ferret or ferrets When a ferret isn't available - think of hugging a ferret Twas the night before Christmas and all through our home The ferrets were playing, through the house they did roam I knew they would soon all be asleep No sounds would be heard not even a peep Candy canes were hung on our tree with care In hopes that the ferrets wouldn't notice them there Pumpkin pies were cooling from the ovens heat Awaiting the ferrets for their morning treat With me in my sweats and Fara in her blankie We all settled in for the night except sweetie She ran around from room to room and only stopped to attack our broom When it fell to the floor it made such a clatter All the ferrets came to see what was the matter Oh Zipper, oh Ferry, oh Teddy and Petey Oh Willow, oh Deno, oh Gizzie and Binky They spotted the tree and oh what a fuss Look who climbed to the top, oh it was Gus Then Friskie and Honey tried to climb As Honey promptly left poor Friskie behind Honey quickly skittered up the tree to the top Only to tackle Gus and down they did flop Only a 2 foot tree, you need not worry All I saw was two fuzzbeans that were blurry Down at the bottom the others did cheer Hey, now it's our turn we have no fear! As I sat on the futon and watched them all play I thought to myself, thank God for this and every day. "Merry Christmas To All From Ferret Family Services!" [Posted in FML issue 1396]