Well folks, if everyone out there is as nervous and nauseous as I am waiting for the Judge's ruling in the Kodo case, then I KNOW you can use a funny story. My ferrets never cease to amaze me. Every day they do something cuter, they're better than TV. So here's my new one: today I took Here Comes Trouble (Trouble for short) outside. I made a promise to her last night that I would, and she'd never let me forget it. So, I took her outside to the edge of our townhouse complex. There's a hill of grass that leads down into the woods. There is really nothing man-made that's dangerous out there, so I carried her leash but did not put her on it. Instead, I just followed her wherever she wanted to go, ready to snatch her should she find something dangerous to get into. Then, all of a sudden, she turned around to look at me (I guess to see how close I was behind her, then she turned away from me again and BOLTED as fast as her little legs would carry her. "He-He...I'm getting away from you Mommy!" I swear she was yelling. So I kept up the pace, still letting her run on her own. The exercise always does her good. Then she did it....I never would have thunk it. Straight up a tree!!! Since when do ferrets climb trees??? My fiance was in stitches, then yelled "Get her! She's still going!" I could hardly come out of my shock before she got too high for me to grab her. But I did, and once in my restraint she started squirming and wiggling and trying to say, "Lemme at it! If a cat can do it, so can I !!!" <sigh> The rest of the afternoon went without incident, I guess she decided that cats are for trees and she was too cool for that behavior, cuz she didn't try it again. We had a ball, though. I'll save my other funny story for tomorrow. I suppose Michigan will make us wait till the last second for a ruling so we'll need some more light humor tomorrow. Kymberlie Becker Director, Pennsylvania Ferret Rescue Association "Forget Puppy Love...There's nothing Greater than Ferret Love!" TM http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/ferretlady [Posted in FML issue 1950]