<RING> ... <RING> ...

... No, YOU answer it! ...

H-H-h-hellow???

Oh, HI, GranMom!! ... Gud to hear furm ya!! ... Whut's dat??
SURE, we kan patch him rite thru ... Miz Johanna will be Happie ta know
he got to da Bridge in A-OK shape. PUT him onna Line!

HI, Tex!
Go rite ahead - we'll send it to You Mom rite away!!

Hi MOM!!

Rite aftur we sed our G-Byes this mornin, I musta <dozed> off whilst
ridin on dat Big Sliver Klowd ... kan ya believe whut I woke up to!??

Yeah, dat GI-mungus Big TONGUE, belongin ta You-Know-Who -
Mr. BINX!

He's rite here an wuntz ta say "Hellow", too!

HI MOM!! ... It's ME, yur Big Boy!
Sure do *MISS* ya, Mom - but it IS *nice* up here atta Bridge!
An ya otta see my new set of Pearly Whites! <grinn>
Bye fur now, Mom!
/s/ Binx

Tex here agin, Mom ...

Besides Binx, der wuz a whole GANG onna Bridge ta meet me -
Buncha GRANMoms an GranDadz, all jabberin bout WHO their
GranKatz and an GranDawgz are ...
"Hellowz" bein sent fur Keegan, Cinder & Smokey, Miz Hoppy ...
I shudda wrote em all down.

An da WelKommin Kommittee - WOW! - Whutta Gang of FurKids ...
* Lil Wabbitt named Sophie ~ "HI to Mom Zippy" (Wiffa <ThUmpZ!>)
* Nudder Big Saint - sez "HI to da Mayor"
* Shianne sez "HI to Staci"
* FluffBall Oreo sez "HI to Mom & Dad, anna Kidz, too!"
* TUBBY sez "HiYa to Mom an Dad; an he's glad "CJ" is werkin out!"
* Killian sez "HI to Mom & Shilo; an dat he'z feelin GREAT now!!"

Mom ~ Did I say I *MISS* ya?
I DO *miss* ya; but I feel Soooo much better up here.
An I won't be lonesum - LOTTA FurKidz ta play wiff here.
I'll *miss* da Herd, an Baby Jonah ~
Oh, I AM gonna *miss* dat Kid!

But lookit da *Brite* side, Mom -
Now ya gotz yur Own Purrsonal Angel up here ta Look After youze Guyz!

We all jest gotz back frum da MidNite Purrayer Service -
Baby Samantha wuz onna TOP uvva Purrayer List;
an Bowser's Dad / Zippy's GranPaw wuz onna List, too.

We've boff had a *bizzie* day ... I'll sat G-Nite fur now,
but Binx an I will <ring> ya up again, Mom.

THANKZ fur da last Fourteen Years, Mom ~
We hadda BLAST, dint we!?

/s/ Texas / "Tex"