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Wise Old Thumper
Part 1. Lily arrives at Rainbow Bridge.
Close your eyes, concentrate really hard and in a twitch of a whisker you will be in a place not too far away, a place somewhere between twilight and the dark, between sleep and awake. A soft twinkling light shows the path leading to Rainbow Bridge. The journey along the path is an easy one and the smell of night scented stock fills the air helping you on your way. Even though the path to Rainbow Bridge is a long one you will not tire and the closer you get the more spring you will have in your step,the more bounce in your hop. Those who started on the path with no sight can see a warm glow ahead and follow the light, those who could not hear are lead by the night time songs of the Robins (also known by many at the Bridge as the Tweets) those who were once battered and bruised, cold and afraid now feel hopeful and renewed, the old start to run as they did in their youth and the very young binky, popcorn, leap, hop, skip and jump for joy as they race each other to the beautiful colours at the end of the path which leads to Rainbow Bridge.
When Lily arrived at the Bridge she found herself at the back of a very long queue of excited animals. 'What are we waiting for?' asked Lily. 'We are waiting to get in' said a gerbil 'some bun is holding us up' tapping his little foot the slightly impatient gerbil shouts up the line 'what's the problem?'.
A bunny with a clip board shouts back 'there's no problem, it's a security matter, nothing to worry about, I just have to check that everything is in order before letting you all through'. Whispers start to pass down the line, eventually the whispers reach the gerbil who then whispers to Lily who in turn whispers to a bird behind her who has just joined the queue. 'What?' asked the bird. Lily whispers again 'the lemons on the cushion are blue'. Over hearing this the gerbil says 'I didn't say that? I said the lemons on the cushion are stuck with glue' the sheep in front of the gerbil now pipes up 'I didn't say anything about lemons!' and the dog in front of the sheep adds 'and I didn't say anything about glue?
Lily stands up on her back legs and tries to peer over the now higgledy piggledy line of animals. 'Perhaps I should go to the front of the queue and find out what was really said'. 'Yes, that's a good idea' replied the gerbil.
At the front of the queue there is a rather official looking rabbit. He wears his ears one at number 11 the other at number 4, he has a walkie talkie radio in his paw. 'Excuse me sir, we are all wondering what's holding up the queue?' The official looking bunny replies 'before I let any more newbies over the Bridge I have to make sure everyone gets a welcome pack, has an identity photo and their, paw, hoof, claw print taken. We had a couple of coach loads of lemmings arrive earlier, they were very excitable, dying to get in, it just took us a while to organise all the welcome officers'. 'Oh I see' said Lily. ' I am great Uncle Beige the 3rd, Head of Security here at Rainbow Bridge, there's nothing to worry about little one, you will soon cross the bridge and everyone will be waiting for you'.
Close your eyes, concentrate really hard and in a twitch of a whisker you will be in a place not too far away, a place somewhere between twilight and the dark, between sleep and awake. A soft twinkling light shows the path leading to Rainbow Bridge. The journey along the path is an easy one and the smell of night scented stock fills the air helping you on your way. Even though the path to Rainbow Bridge is a long one you will not tire and the closer you get the more spring you will have in your step,the more bounce in your hop. Those who started on the path with no sight can see a warm glow ahead and follow the light, those who could not hear are lead by the night time songs of the Robins (also known by many at the Bridge as the Tweets) those who were once battered and bruised, cold and afraid now feel hopeful and renewed, the old start to run as they did in their youth and the very young binky, popcorn, leap, hop, skip and jump for joy as they race each other to the beautiful colours at the end of the path which leads to Rainbow Bridge.
When Lily arrived at the Bridge she found herself at the back of a very long queue of excited animals. 'What are we waiting for?' asked Lily. 'We are waiting to get in' said a gerbil 'some bun is holding us up' tapping his little foot the slightly impatient gerbil shouts up the line 'what's the problem?'.
A bunny with a clip board shouts back 'there's no problem, it's a security matter, nothing to worry about, I just have to check that everything is in order before letting you all through'. Whispers start to pass down the line, eventually the whispers reach the gerbil who then whispers to Lily who in turn whispers to a bird behind her who has just joined the queue. 'What?' asked the bird. Lily whispers again 'the lemons on the cushion are blue'. Over hearing this the gerbil says 'I didn't say that? I said the lemons on the cushion are stuck with glue' the sheep in front of the gerbil now pipes up 'I didn't say anything about lemons!' and the dog in front of the sheep adds 'and I didn't say anything about glue?
Lily stands up on her back legs and tries to peer over the now higgledy piggledy line of animals. 'Perhaps I should go to the front of the queue and find out what was really said'. 'Yes, that's a good idea' replied the gerbil.
At the front of the queue there is a rather official looking rabbit. He wears his ears one at number 11 the other at number 4, he has a walkie talkie radio in his paw. 'Excuse me sir, we are all wondering what's holding up the queue?' The official looking bunny replies 'before I let any more newbies over the Bridge I have to make sure everyone gets a welcome pack, has an identity photo and their, paw, hoof, claw print taken. We had a couple of coach loads of lemmings arrive earlier, they were very excitable, dying to get in, it just took us a while to organise all the welcome officers'. 'Oh I see' said Lily. ' I am great Uncle Beige the 3rd, Head of Security here at Rainbow Bridge, there's nothing to worry about little one, you will soon cross the bridge and everyone will be waiting for you'.
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