Maples Mustelides Master Major Merriment Reported by Pandora Maples Ferret News Network - Oregon Well it came and went so quickly I don t quite know what to make of it. All the hustle and bustle, and all the neat paper! Our humans went out and got this tall green thing, a Christmas tree I think I heard them call it, put all sorts of lights and balls all over it, then they wouldn't even let us climb it, but I did a few times anyways when no one was looking! Then to top it off they put all this paper covered stuff with ribbons under it! We had to drag them away..... It's in our contract. Then our humans had the nerve to take them back from behind our favorite stash place and put them back where we liberated them from. Don't they understand that we just have a better sense of order and placement than the average human does? Pan, Nibbles, and I were just fine with each other until last week when SHE arrived. I guess this means that the Maples clan is now 4.... er... 6 if you count humans. Cleo seems to be nice enough, but she's getting on my nerves trying to run the operation! Just 'cause SHE'S older, she thinks she can run everything her way. Cleo is one of those ferrets who was surrrendered as a biter to a local shelter, but the closest she comes to biting is chewing the fabric off our little sheepskin bear!. I think she just doesn't get enough fibre in her diet! The humans hung little red booties (I think they were called stockings) on our cage and Cleo tried to rip them off. Good thing they were tiewrapped. Christmas Morning came and presents were distributed. To be honest we didn't care about everyone else's presents. We wanted their boxes and paper!!!!! Pan seemed to want the Kona coffee, but you know him... he'll eat anything. Our present list was quite impressive: A twine mouse rattle, a Squeek ball with sheepskin and Jeans fabric, a twine rattle ball, 2 clear plastic balls that have moving things inside them (great for chasing), a few other neat things I can t remember right now, and of course, treats and love galore. We even started feeling a little guilty about not getting our humans anything. ( it was our first Christmas, how were we supposed to know that we should have gone shopping?) So we put our heads together and left our own little presents behind. [2 piles in the living room corner and one in the dining room] They were so suprised! That's it for now....... [Posted in FML issue 1800]