WRITTEN BY dr harper on Livejournal
Artwork by: Laura Regan
Rainbow Bridge is a place of 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 perfect 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 dragons, 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 were so many at one point, it seemed the ground itself was alive with writhing. 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 reptillian 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 squeeks, hisses, bellows and roars erupted as the mob surged forward toward a lone human walking across the field toward 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 an Echidna as he hurried by. "Is it really that crazy to passionately love something God made?"
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3 comments:
I liked reading this and I just wonder who made up Rainbow Bridge? But it is a wonderful place if it really exists for all of the creatures God has made. It is a comfort to think that they really go there instead of nowhere. I guess there is nothing wrong in it we just have to have faith and truly believe it is so and we take them there in our hearts and mind to a place where they can run and play and be full of life again. Very peacful for me when I think that way. Christina Lucero.
From what I can find on the web about the Rainbow Bridge poem, you can check it out at http://www.newrainbowbridge.com/NRB/rbpoem.htm
The site is wonderful, and I think you will find a lot of information there. The author of the original poem is obscure but I liked this site a lot.
Jo
This is great .
I'was laughing and crying at the same time.
I will add this to my list of RAINBOW BRIDGE stories.
The original RAINBOW BRIDGE and RAINBOW BRIDGE 9/11
God Bless the crazy Aussie .
He will surely be missed.
Robin ( 15 minutes from Pimlico Racetrack)
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