Little Secret, the Santa Ferret. (by Susie Lee)

Oh, sure, everyone knows Santa's obvious animal friends, the
reindeer, and all their names and most of their magickal attributes,
but did you ever know about Santa's best little Ferret freind?,
Well,
maybe not before now, because little Secret has been, well, Santa's
special little Secret! A little white ferret who likes to snuggle up
under the beard (fluffs it out nicely, too! :) or curl warmly under
his hat, or even blend in with that wooly white collar and "Secret"-
ly
watch out for Santa's back while he's unpacking you-know-what for
good children on you-know-when!
Little Secret is a magickal ferret, of course, and has been with
Santa since the very "begining", bequeathed to the Jolly Old Elf by
a
grateful farmwife from centuries and centuries ago. Secret's special
magick is in helping Santa get into houses with no chimneys by
squeezing flatter than flat under the tightest door (much flatter
than not-as-magickal ferrets who so dearly love to try to squeeze
under any doors they can fit )
and leaping with a magickally merry extra-high ferret-bounce to
touch his little nose to any lock so that it will open for Santa and
then close and re-lock safely afterwards.
(Aha! say all the city-folks, Now we know how Santa gets into
umpteen-
gazillion apartments! He had a special Secret, all along!) .
Ah, but how did we ferret out Santa's Little Secret? All our ferrets
did it...knowing a magick ferret when they sense one, nearly every
ferret tail in the shelter went merrily a-wagging with exitement and
joy until Secret swiftly touched a friendly nose in greeting to
every
one. Then , as quick as a ferret, Little Secret raced back to Santa
and in a blink was back up to blend around his white wooly collar,
with a little tail-wag farewell of his own to wave back.
So take good care of all your ferret friends...they know a Little
Secret!
:)
(Susie & Wes at the Ferret & Dove Sanctuary