Hi Ya'll, I talk with a fair number of people who, for various reasons, don't post in this forum. Most are way too busy. So I was told a really cute story the other day and have permission from the human slave to retell it here. Hope you enjoy. Seems that a cute little black sable boy found himself in a new home, but unfortunately, wasn't quite big enough to hold his own with the "big" boys already residing there. So the human slave, being a good human slave, decided to keep this little boy seperate for awhile, until he grew and became more confident. But the human slave was concerned that Chaos, the little sable boy, would get lonesome. So to help out she put Frankie Ferret in with Chaos. But wait, you say? What about the fighting? Well, Frankie Ferret is a very peaceful soul. In fact, almost too peaceful. For you see, he is a light sable STUFFED ferret, about 6" long. The human slave started noticing that Frankie was often on the bottom on the cage in the mornings, not in the hammock with Chaos. So she decided to put Frankie in next to his pal, only to watch in amazement as Chaos got quite upset with this state of affairs, stood up with hands on hips, explained that Frankie was supposed to be downstairs. Chaos then took the poor little Frankie and shoved his nose into the food bowl. This brought on many oohs and aahs from the human slave, but she still wasn't sure that she understood everything right. So she started moving Frankie around everyday, only to watch Chaos take Frankie to the nearest food bowl, make an impression in the food with his nose, and then place Frankie's nose in the impression. It was then obvious to the human slave that poor Frankie had been starving all along and only Chaos' intervention saved the life of this poor fert. Everyone is on watch, waiting to see if Chaos will show Frankie which corner to use. Mo' Maggie [Posted in FML issue 2012]