I received this from a listserv I am on. I thought you all might like it.
An interesting day at the Rainbow Bridge. 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 iguanas. The influx of snakes startled
an entire family of cats up a tree. Pythons, cobras, tiger snakes, brown
snakes, and even fierce snakes slithered in. 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
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 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 a echidna as he
hurried by. "Is it really that crazy to passionately love something God
made?"