It's Steve Irwin Day (11-15-07)!! Don your khakis and have a whopper of a great day!
Someone emailed me the following story a few weeks ago and I loved it. I am not trying to start a debate whether animals go to heaven, etc. I just thought it painted a beautiful picture and one that I could clearly see happening.
But one day the residents noticed some rather.....unusual newcomers arrive. The koalas and the kangaroos slipped in rather quietly, but then came the bearded dragon, the skinks and the goannas. The influx of snakes startled an entire family of cats up a tree. Pythons, cobras, tiger snakes, brown snakes and even fierce snakes. There was so many at one point it seemed as if the ground was alive. A burly wombat shouldered his way through the crowd and plopped down in a shady spot, barely missing a jack russell terrier who yapped indignantly as he abandoned his position.
"I see him!" shouted a green mamba from his vantage point in one of the trees. A cacophony of squeaks, hisses, bellows and roars erupted as the mob surged forward towards a lone human being walking across the field towards the bridge.
The other animals managed to catch a glimpse of him before he was overwhelmed by the crowd. "CRIKEY!" he shouted joyously right before he was bowled over by the wombat. "Well I'll be," said a Persian as she tidied up her fur. "It's that Aussie my human liked to watch on TV. Had to be the craziest human on the whole planet." "Oh, please," remarked the echidna as he hurried by. "Is it really that crazy to love something God made?" "No its not," they heard a voice say from the crowd. "You see, I, too, was with him, at his side as he caught the crocs, the snakes and the spiders and spoke of the importance they had in life. For you see, I am his mate, his dog Sui.
And with that comment, as the animals looked on with surprise, she ran barking, clearing a path to him, and jumped in his arms, licking his face as he cried, "Sui my mate, my friend. How I missed you so."
And with that they all crossed the Rainbow Bridge together......
Someone emailed me the following story a few weeks ago and I loved it. I am not trying to start a debate whether animals go to heaven, etc. I just thought it painted a beautiful picture and one that I could clearly see happening.
Rainbow bridge is a place if both peace and anticipation as departed pets await their beloved owners. There are plenty of things to keep them contented while they wait: trees you can't get stuck in, endless meadows, splashing streams, thickets to hide in for pounce attack games.
But one day the residents noticed some rather.....unusual newcomers arrive. The koalas and the kangaroos slipped in rather quietly, but then came the bearded dragon, the skinks and the goannas. The influx of snakes startled an entire family of cats up a tree. Pythons, cobras, tiger snakes, brown snakes and even fierce snakes. There was so many at one point it seemed as if the ground was alive. A burly wombat shouldered his way through the crowd and plopped down in a shady spot, barely missing a jack russell terrier who yapped indignantly as he abandoned his position.
And then the crocodiles showed up.
Finally a Great Dane managed to get up enough nerve to approach one of the reptilian giants. "Um......excuse me," he said hesitantly. "But, why are you all here?" The croc dropped her jaw and laughed. "Same as you mate," she said "Waitin' for someone who loved us." The dogs, cats, gerbils and other "typical pets" looked at each other in confusion, then at the plethora of weird, ugly and downright deadly creatures assembled. Who on Earth could possibly love some of those faces?
Finally a Great Dane managed to get up enough nerve to approach one of the reptilian giants. "Um......excuse me," he said hesitantly. "But, why are you all here?" The croc dropped her jaw and laughed. "Same as you mate," she said "Waitin' for someone who loved us." The dogs, cats, gerbils and other "typical pets" looked at each other in confusion, then at the plethora of weird, ugly and downright deadly creatures assembled. Who on Earth could possibly love some of those faces?
"I see him!" shouted a green mamba from his vantage point in one of the trees. A cacophony of squeaks, hisses, bellows and roars erupted as the mob surged forward towards a lone human being walking across the field towards the bridge.
The other animals managed to catch a glimpse of him before he was overwhelmed by the crowd. "CRIKEY!" he shouted joyously right before he was bowled over by the wombat. "Well I'll be," said a Persian as she tidied up her fur. "It's that Aussie my human liked to watch on TV. Had to be the craziest human on the whole planet." "Oh, please," remarked the echidna as he hurried by. "Is it really that crazy to love something God made?" "No its not," they heard a voice say from the crowd. "You see, I, too, was with him, at his side as he caught the crocs, the snakes and the spiders and spoke of the importance they had in life. For you see, I am his mate, his dog Sui.
To you ordinary animals he may seem crazy, but to me he is simply known as "Best Friend"
And with that comment, as the animals looked on with surprise, she ran barking, clearing a path to him, and jumped in his arms, licking his face as he cried, "Sui my mate, my friend. How I missed you so."
And with that they all crossed the Rainbow Bridge together......
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