RAINBOW BRIDGE
JUST THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN THERE IS A PLACE CALLED RAINBOW BRIDGE. WHEN AN ANIMAL DIES THAT HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO SOMEONE, THAT PET GOES TO RAINBOW BRIDGE. THERE ARE MEADOWS AND HILLS FOR ALL OF OUR SPECIAL FRIENDS SO THEY CAN RUN AND PLAY TOGETHER. THERE IS PLENTY OF FOOD, WATER AND SUNSHINE,
AND OUR FRIENDS ARE WARM AND COMFORTABLE.
ALL THE ANIMALS WHO HAVE BEEN ILL AND OLD ARE RESTORED TO HEALTH AND VIGOR; THOSE WHO WERE HURT OR MATTED ARE MADE WHOLE AND STRONG AGAIN, JUST AS WE REMEMBER THEM IN OUR DREAMS OF DAYS AND TIMES GONE BY. THE ANIMALS ARE HAPPY AND CONTENT, EXCEPT FOR ONE SMALL THING; THEY MISS SOMEONE VERY SPECIAL TO THEM WHO HAD TO BE LEFT BEHIND.
THEY ALL RUN AND PLAY TOGETHER, BUT THE DAY COMES WHEN ONE SUDDENLY STOPS AND LOOKS IN TO THE DISTANCE. HER BRIGHT EYES ARE INTENT; HER EAGER BODY BEGINS TO QUIVER. SUDDENLY SHE BEGINS TO RUN FROM THE GROUP, FLYING OVER THE GREEN GRASS, HER LEGS CARRYING HER FASTER AND FASTER, YOU HAVE BEEN SPOTTED AND WHEN YOU AND YOUR SPECIAL FRIEND FINALLY MEET, YOU CLING TOGETHER IN JOYOUS REUNION NEVER TO BE PARTED AGAIN. THE HAPPY KISSES RAIN UPON YOUR FACE; YOUR HANDS AGAIN CARESSS THE BELOVED HEAD, AND YOU LOOK ONCE MORE INTO THE TRUSTING EYES OF YOU PET, SON LONG FROM YOUR LIFE BUT NEVER ABSENT FROM YOUR HEART.
THEN YOU CROSS RAINBOW BRIDGE TOGETHER.