> >Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 05:05:52 -0800 (PST) >Subject: [Trimaris_Coursing] A Celestial Tale that needs sharing...Fwd: >Please crosspost as fitting > > Edie/THL Samira asked me to forwarrd as I saw fit. Please join me in >sending her condolences and good thoughts in this rough time. > > Lady Caitrin ferch Briog of Trimaris > mka Kay in Fla > >Edie Bain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Edie Bain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Please crosspost as fitting >Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 00:25:51 -0500 > >It was a dark and gloomy night at the Rainbow Bridge. > > > >A winters night, not unlike many others .dark, cold and long. Many animals >had passed this night, from the bitter cold, the lack of food, and the >uncaring acts of humans who had thought that a living being would make a >good gift for the holidays. > > > >Many humans had also passed, for the long winter nights stretched the life >force of all, and made them reluctant to wait longer for the warmth of >Summer. > > > >As it had for many, many years, this sorry parade passed by the huddled >form >of a small, badly mangled Toy Fox Terrier. The little dog no longer >bothered >to raise its head as a new arrival came into view, for it had long ago >given >up hope. Only twice in the last half-century had a familiar form passed, >but >each time the new arrival had greeted familiar faces, and each time the wee >terrier had hidden its distorted visage, knowing that this was not her true >Partner. > > > >The little terrier had been waiting longer than almost any other dog at the >Rainbow Bridge. Almost no other dog there remembered her, how she had come >to pass, and for whom she waited. Even Greyfriars Bobby, another of the >Terrier Kind, remarked that the little bitch had waited more than twice as >long as he had done, and no monument to show for it, either! > > > >As the wee black & white bitch tried to settle her stub of a tail over her >malformed nose, a Siberian Husky set up a mournful woo-woo-ing, soon >taken >up by another. A fat yellow lab began to bark, counterpointed by an English >Shepherd and an odd little black mixed breed. > > > >Despite her apathy, Toby recognized several of these voices, and raised her >head to gaze towards the Rainbow Bridge. The figure that was crossing was a >stooped old man, gasping for breath, and no one that she recognized. Toby >sighed deeply and turned away again. After more than 65 years of waiting, >she saw no reason that this night should be any different than any of the >thousands that had preceded it. > > > >As she closed her eyes and tried to settle into sleep, Toby felt a soft, >oddly familiar touch on her head. She opened her eyes again and gazed into >the wondering eyes of a small human boy. > > > >Toby!! Is it really you? the boy asked, smoothing her fur with his >fingers. They told me youd gone to be with Jesus. I never could >understand >why you would have gone with Him rather than stay with me ..not for years. > > > >As the boys hands traveled over her fur, Tobys bones, long mangled by the >Chow that had savaged her, knit together again, until she stood as she once >had been a terrier not yet out of puppyhood, gazing in disbelief at the >seemingly unchanged face of her long-ago master. > > > >Behind the boy, a line of dogs formed: Nuffy, the English Shepherd; Jake >and >Duffy, the Huskies; Barney, the yellow lab; and Bhaska, the mixed breed. > > > >As each of them licked his hand, the man grew older, and his form changed, >but somehow he was still the same 4 year old boy that Toby remembered. > > > >Looking once longingly over his shoulder, the man set Toby on the path in >front of him. > > > >Long have you waited, Toby. I cannot swear that I would have been so >steadfast, but glad I am that you waited for me. For so many years they >told >me that dogs had no souls. > > > >I am so glad that they were wrong. > > > >In loving memory of my brother, Paul Bain . > >Tobys beloved master. > > > >Edie Bain > >January 4, 2006 > > > > > > > >...To the hounds, goeth the hunt! > >--------------------------------- >Yahoo! Photos >Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, >whatever. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Medieval and renaissance costume Society for creative >anachronism Medieval time dinner and tournament > >--------------------------------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "Trimaris_Coursing" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > >--------------------------------- > > > > > > >...To the hounds, goeth the hunt! > >--------------------------------- > Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less
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