Hello from the Ma. Wrecking Crew. It's been awhile since we' ve written becaues my computer Has been Majorily Down for nearly 3 wks.! Everything was Deleted out,and all Reset! We've been working on resetting the Entire system! Anyway,we 're beack up and running once more,and No! Thia time the Wrecking Crew is Innocent! For those wondering,Their All,all 10 doing o.k. We're Still working on regaining their weight back After their ECE episode,but none of the Wrecking Crew were Lost to ECE! Hooray! The humurous tale,is this: As many of you probably know from your own battles with ECE,the fuzzies who gert it,and Recover Become a bot,shall we say Used to Lots and Lots of Extra Attention,at least Ours certainly Have. Returning them to a more Normal schedule that We could Live with has been a little struggle,and our Wrecking Crew Resented the change,to say the Least! Well,as you guys know,the fuzzies are Imaginative,if not extremely Clever about getting what They want! As the tale was told told to me by Mom Terry,she had just gone in their room at around 5:40 A.M. Eastern time here in Mass. Out here anyway;it;s Still Very Dark out at these Early hours,and Lights are a Must in the wee a.m. hours! Anyway;she'd just gone in,and had set up the cleaning supplies,the treats for Good Behaviour,and had Opened all of the cages. All 10 had already gone to checki in with her;then promply Scattered about the room. Chips our Little Man,was in the tower,Lady Gretta,right behind him,Smokey was already attached to her stockings and clawing at the plastic bag for dirty litter,Cinnamon was playing with the kit Shadow,Spice was circling her feet,begging for the Good Stuff,the other 3 kits were running in and out of the milk crate handles,and Under the cages,and Princess Neesa she thought was Gathering up her toys and moving them to her Hidey wholes! Now,Please try to Picture this! Mom was already wrapped in cleaning the cages,she thought All Kids were playing their Normal routine games;they do These things Every Day,Every time We let them out! All was Perfectly Normal and routine. Mom goes in,turns the small light on,then gets the Hot water and cleaning solution,takes out the bag,gets the treats handy,closes the door;then opens all 4 cages and lets the Wrecking Crew out! They all go to her,in 2,and 3's till All 10 have checked her out and begged for thjeir treats;wich they Don't get yet! Then they all scatter about the room to play and get into Mischief! It's Normal and certain types of Mischief is Allowed,they know this,and it's our way of Playing with each other! But most Play doesn't Start until After the 4 cages are completely cleaned;they Know this too,but when they came down with ECE,of course this All changed,it Had too,and herein lies the problem. So there They are,and there is Moom busily cleaning,and playing a little with the 1,or 2 Insistan fuzzies come over to Help! Really ... They just Want Help,Right ! Now mom is on her knees,reaching in with the rag of cleaning solution,it's still Early,so it's dark out except for the low lights that are on in their room! All of a sudden The Light goes out! Mom jumps,bangs her head,then Promptly trips over Smokey and Spice,who haven't Really Left her alone;they Never do! Then falls to the floor. When she Finally gets up,then gets the light back on,of course All fuzzies are scampering around her feet,or quite Innocently playing with each other,well away from the lights! So mom,turned galred at one and All,then quickly returned to work on the cages. Mom went to work on the Last cage,was in fact once moreon her hands and knees,reaching in to clean when A Certain , fuzzy tore by her,heading for the table with the light, at break neck speeds! Some of you,I bet can guess wich of the Wrecking Crew this was ... Do you have a clue Margie,or mom Joe;You know a bit about our Wrecking Crew! Who coud it be? You got it! Princess Neesa was the culprit! She tore by Mom Terry,intent on getting that Nasty ol light,and getting Mom Terry to Stop and Play! By the time Mom got out of the cage,and on her feet,Princess Neesa had gotten the chord,snatched it up and yanked! Out goes the lights for the second time! Mom gets them back on,then reaches for the Little Princess,who's calmly watching her her expression clearly saying,What?! Is there something wrong? You' ve got a lot of nerve saying I did Something wrong! You know I'm innocent! Now all of you,I'm certain you know this Particuliar,head tildted look I'm talking about.You get it Every time you catch the Rascals at mischief and you Tell them No! But our Little Princess takes the cake,cause she calmly sits there Waiting for you,with That look;then she Looks Right at you,Directly Into your eyes her entire demeaner of Innocense Personified,yet there Always Is this little Gleam,a Spark in her eyes,that Just Dares you to do something about it! She Knows ,you know what she Did,but She'll be Damned if she'll Admit it,you just Try to get her to! That's our little tale,and we and the wrecking crew hope those of you with sick fuzzies,all start feeling better,and we hope this little note will brighten your days,give all the Lost ones,and ill little devils a little hug,and may your days grow brighter soon. Dooks and laughs to one and all! [Posted in FML issue 2600]