There is a bridge connecting Heaven and Earth. It is called the
Rainbow Bridge because of its many colors. Just this side of the
rainbow Bridge there is a land of meadows, hills, and valleys
with lush green grass.
When a beloved pet dies, the pet goes to this place. There is
always food and water and warm spring weather. The old and frail
animals are young again. Those who are maimed are made whole again.
They play all day with each other.
There is only one thing missing. They are not with their special
person who loved them on Earth. So, each day they run and play
until the day comes when one suddenly stops playing and looks
up! The nose twitches! The ears are up! The eyes are staring!
And this one suddenly runs from the group!
You have been seen, and when you and your special friend meet,
you take him or her in your arms and embrace. Your face is kissed
again and again and again and you look once more into the eyes
of your trusting pet.
Then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together, never again to be
separated.
Paul
Dahm, from Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul
©
copyright 1998 Jack Canfield, Mark Victor hansen, Marty Becker,
and Carol Kline. Excerpted
from The Rainbow Bridge by Paul Dahm. © copyright
1997 Paul Dahm.
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