A Ferrets StoryIf I hide in a corner, if I close my eyes real tight, maybe this nightmare will be over, maybe my pain will end. What did I do that was so very bad? Why did my owners put me down here all alone? It is cold and dark and I am lonely and sad. Wait! A light! My eyes hurt! I blink! But she walks right by me with a box of stuff in her arms. Look at me! You used to love me and think I was cute! I hurt so bad…I need food, water, soft beds, my cage cleaned, but most of all I need to play and get some hugs from my humans. She leaves. The lights go out. I crawl back into my corner and close my eyes. God please let this pain end soon. I am growing so weak. Is it the same day or the next? I cannot tell. The light goes on.
She's coming to me! She is picking me up and I am in a carrier now! Oh my!Food!I eat very fast! I am so hungry. We arrive at a place. It is loud with barking dogs and people and bright with lights. I am scared. I feel sick. I ate too fast. I am back in a cage. Wait: mom! Don't leave without me! I am sorry I was bad. I won't do it again! Just let me dance for you one last time. A person is coming towards me now with something in his hands. Food? No, a needle. They say I am too old, I am too thin. But a shelter would take me in. The needle hurts, but not so very much. I am leaving now, but I pray as I die that the next time around I will belong to someone with as much love in their hearts as I have in mine.