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<i>Just this side of Heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.</i>
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<i>When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here,</i>
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<i>that pet goes to the Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for</i>
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<i>all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is</i> </b>
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<i>plenty of food, water and sunshine and our friends are warm and comfortable.</i>
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<i>All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and</i> </b>
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<i>vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as </i>
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<i>we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals </i>
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<i>are happy and content, except for one small thing: they each miss </i>
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<i>someone very special, someone who was left behind.</i>
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<i>They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly</i>
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<i>stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; his eager body </i>
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<i>begins to quiver. Suddenly, he breaks from the group, flying over the green </i>
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<i>grass, faster and faster. You have been spotted, and when you and your special </i>
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<i>friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be </i>
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<i>parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress </i>
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<i>the beloved head, and you look once more into those trusting eyes, so long </i>
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<i>gone from your life, but never absent from your heart.</i>
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<i>Then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together...</i>
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<i>*Author Unknown*</i>
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