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 From: Bustersmom331 at aol.com
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Sent: 5/27/2012  1:44:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: The rescuer at Rainbow  Bridge







The rescuer at Rainbow  Bridge

Unlike most days at the Rainbow Bridge, this day dawned cold and  gray. All 
the recent arrivals at the Bridge did not know what to think, as  they had 
never seen such a day. But the animals who had been waiting ...longer for  
their beloved people to accompany them across the Bridge knew what was  
happening, and they began to gather at the pathway leading to the  Bridge.

Soon an elderly dog came into view, head hung low and tail  dragging. He 
approached slowly, and though he showed no sign of injury or  illness, he was 
in great emotional pain. Unlike the animals gathered along the  pathway, he 
had not been restored to youth and vigor upon arriving at the  Bridge. He 
felt out of place, and wanted only to cross over and find  happiness.

But as he approached the Bridge, his way was barred by an  angel, who 
apologized and explained that the tired and broken-spirited old dog  could not 
cross over. Only those animals accompanied by their people were  allowed to 
cross the Bridge. Having nobody, and with nowhere else to turn, the  dog 
trudged into the field in front of the Bridge. There he found others like  
himself, elderly or infirm, sad and discouraged. Unlike the other animals  waiting 
to cross the Bridge, these animals were not running or playing. They  
simply were lying in the grass, staring forlornly at the pathway across the  
Rainbow Bridge. The old dog took his place among them, watching the pathway  and 
waiting, yet not knowing for what he was waiting.

One of the newer  dogs at the Bridge asked a cat who had been there longer 
to explain what was  happening. The cat replied, "Those poor animals were 
abandoned, turned away,  or left at rescue places, but never found a home on 
earth. They all passed on  with only the love of a rescuer to comfort them. 
Because they had no people to  love them, they have nobody to escort them 
across the Rainbow Bridge.” The dog  asked the cat, "So what will happen to 
those animals?” Before the cat could  answer, the clouds began to part and the 
cold turned to bright sunshine. The  cat replied, "Watch, and you will see.”

In the distance was a single  person, and as he approached the Bridge the 
old, infirm, and sad animals in  the field were bathed in a golden light. 
They were at once made young and  healthy, and stood to see what their fate 
would be. The animals who had  previously gathered at the pathway bowed their 
heads as the person approached.  At each bowed head, the person offered a 
scratch or hug.

One by one,  the now youthful and healthy animals from the field fell into 
line behind the  person. Together, they walked across the Rainbow Bridge to 
a future of  happiness and unquestioned love. The dog asked the cat, "What 
just happened?”  The cat responded, "That was a rescuer. The animals gathered 
along the pathway  bowing in respect were those who had found their forever 
homes because of  rescuers. They will cross over when their people arrive 
at the Bridge. The  arrival here of a rescuer is a great and solemn event, 
and as a tribute they  are permitted to perform one final act of rescue. They 
are allowed to escort  all those poor animals they couldn't place on earth 
across the Rainbow  Bridge.”

The dog thought for a moment, then said, "I like rescuers.”  The cat smiled 
and replied, "So does heaven, my friend. So does  heaven


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