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Old December 13th 03, 07:00 AM
Julie Cook
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In 2001 you wrote a beautiful story for Helen about the Shard of Helen's
Heart that Schroedinger took with him to the Rainbow Bridge and followed
with a Part II about Emma's Shard. It is as beautiful as the Rainbow
Bridge story if ask my opinion (ok, I know you didn't ask)

Every time one of our furbabies goes to the Bridge I think of that
story. I can copy it from Google, but its your story. Will you share it
again with us for those who never read it?

Julie
(pouring a cup of hot chocolate and settling on the porch with a lap cat
in anticipation of listening to Bard Yowie).

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Old December 13th 03, 02:48 PM
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In 2001 you wrote a beautiful story for Helen about the Shard of Helen's
Heart that Schroedinger took with him to the Rainbow Bridge and followed
with a Part II about Emma's Shard. It is as beautiful as the Rainbow
Bridge story if ask my opinion (ok, I know you didn't ask)

Every time one of our furbabies goes to the Bridge I think of that
story. I can copy it from Google, but its your story. Will you share it
again with us for those who never read it?

Julie


I haven't read it but would love to.

Sherry
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Old December 14th 03, 12:30 AM
Yowie
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His business here in this incarnation was done - he captured your heart.

He ran back to Rainbow Bridge to show share this special prize with all
those other kitties who never knew what life with humans can be.

I can almost see him in the kitty playground, carefullly taking that bit of
your heart out of his secret pocket, gently handling it like precious jewel,
and showing it proudly to his friends, who stare back in awe.

"This," he says, with is chest all puffed out in pride, "is the bit of human
heart that I captured. Isn't it bright, and shiney? Look at it sparkle, look
at it glow. Feel its warmth, feel the love".

The other kitties, having never seen such a precious thing before, sigh in
awe and wonder. The gaze at it intently, with just a hint of jealousy, but
mainly with the kind of wistful thinking you have when you are happy your
friend has won the lottery.

A hush fills the meadow - the soft, warm glow of Helen's heart more than
fills their ears, their eyes, their very souls. No-one speaks for what seems
an eternity.

Eventually, a small voice comes from the back. Its a little kitten, a
marmalade-coloured boy.

"But how do I get one" he asks, in kittenly innocence.

The older cats are aghast at his brazen lack of revernce for this most
magnificent thing Shroedinger holds in his paw, but quickly see that there
is no malice in this little kitty's question. Most of them wouldn't admit
even to themselves that was the very same question that was written on their
own soul.

Schroedinger smiles a wise, slightly cheeky, little smile.

"I'll tell you the secret," Shroedinger whispers.

Even the older cats move in a little, afraid that they may be seen by other
cats for actually caring about htis sort of thing - they had spent so long
pretending *not* to care, the habit was hard to break.

"its as easy as breathing" Shoedinger announced.

The old Tom, who had been at the Bridge for as long as anyone could
remember, snorted "Rubbish, nothing is that easy" he blustered.

"Ah," smiled Schoedinger, "there is a bit of trick, though"

The old Tom raised what was left of his eyebrow.

"But you have to go back down there", said Schrodinger as he pointed back
down to Planet Earth, "Thats the only place we know of where you can find
these most precious things. There are so many different sorts, and they all
have their own unique glow and sparkle, but they are all just as beautiful
in their own way. This bit is just a chip, you see, a tiny tiny grain of the
heart of Helen, and its sparkle is the most precious thing I have, its
sparkle is the most beatiful of all I've seen, although I know each one of
you has their own that is as special to you as this one is to me. You can
find your own down there, and it will be whole and sparkle and shine and
glow so much more than this tiny tiny peice, but you'll have to go back, and
risk being hurt again."

Old Tom smiled his crooked smle, and said very very quietly "I never knew
that it could be that good" as he put his first Paw on the Bridge. "Perhaps
this time..." and he vanished.

Schoedinger waved a paw and the departed tom, and carefully replaced the
shard of Helen's heart that he kept next to his. As the crowd of pets
dissapited Shoedinger, hugged his Heart of Helen, and happily trotted off
to the Butterfly Chasing Field to wait for that little shard to be reunited
with the much bigger, more sparkly, part.

And down on earth, a little kitten, perhaps Old Tom, mewed softly at the
great bright sparkly light of Human Heart he could feel in the hands that
gently picked him out of the skip bin. He was breathing: and already sensed
that somehow, this Human Heart would be his.

~~~
Wah! I've got myself crying again!

Glad to be of service,
Yowie


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Old December 14th 03, 12:34 AM
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"Hey, that's mine!" squeaked Schroedinger to the new kitty.

Emmy just mewed. She was all too confused about this new place, the other
new place, and the new place before that. She wished she could just go back
to that warm dark place where all was safe.

Schoedinger fluffed himself up and went to sort this new upstart out. She
had something that he knew was his, and wanted it back. It was the most
precious thing he had ever owned - had ever wanted to own, and he would make
sure that it stayed with him always, right next to that secret soft spot all
cats have.

Emmy mewed even more at the look of this scarey creature coming towards her.
She thought it wasn't fair. She had managed to snatch a speck of the
sweetest softest most purest light in the small time she had with the Nice
Lady, and now this big bully was going to take away even that.

She clutched the shard of Helen's Heart close to her own, drawing courage
from it the way Helen drew courage from the deepest depths of her own soul
to help the helpless. "Like me", Emmy thought

With the the strength of the Nice Lady to help her, Emmy decided to stand
her ground. The Nice Lady had sacrificed this bit of her heart just for
Emmy, had paid for it in tears, and would always feel a hole right *there*,
every time she thought of the wee little kitty. This was *not* something
given away lightly - it was the most precious gift of all.

Emmy puffed up as good as she could. She arched her back. She hissed the
biggest hissspits her little lungs could make.

"Its mine!!!!" she screamed at Schroedinger "Get your own".

Scroedinger was taken aback to say the least. Who knew that this wee small
girl could be so fiesty, so tough, so... so much like him.

But he knew deep in his soul that we she had was his, it looked the same, it
glittered the same, it shone the same, it even *smelt* the same. Surely this
little upstart kitten had stolen his Heart of Helen, and he was so upset, so
angry, so, so...... empty without it.

All of a sudden, Schroedinger's anger broke into a flood of tears. He
treasured the Heart of Helen more than anything else in the world, the
universe, but he was a big strong tough kitty, and there was this tiny small
little ball, who would have never have known the Heart of Helen at all.

He thought for a long while as he washed himself meticulously just as Mama
had taught him to do if he needed to think hard.

Emmy stayed alert and on guard. No one was stealing her Heart of Helen for
anything.

Schroedinger finally reached a conclusion. Perhaps he could share his Heart
of Helen with this new kitty. Stealing hearts was not a common thing at
Rainbow Bridge, and clearly this new kitty must have had a really good
reason.

"Sorry, I scared you, little kitty," started Schoedinger

"Emmy" she demanded

"Sorry I scared you, *Emmy*," Schrodinger repeated, again admiring the spunk
of the girl, "but it seems you have something of mine that is so precious to
me. It was a gift to me, you see, and its all I have of someone I love"

Emmy may have been young, but she knew which side of the saucer has milk. He
spoke the truth, and all that gruff and scareyness was just him hiding his
hurt. "Just like me" she thought.

"I can't give it up entirely," he continued, "but I would really like to
share it with you. I'm sure Helen wouldn't mind.

Emmy thought for a moment. The name "Helen" sounded a lot like the Nice Lady
that had her given her this most precious shard. She didn't want to give it
up either, but could see that this other cat desperately needed what the
Nice Lady had given her. After a deep washing of contemplation, she
reluctantly agreed.

She could see the look of utter relief on the other cat's face, and she
thought that the Nice Lady would be proud of her. The Nice Lady had been so
wonderful and kind and sharing, that perhaps her own sharing could somehow
repay the Nice lady a little.

With a full load of trust, but with just a hint of sadness, Emmy held out
her shard of Helen Heart to Schroedinger.

"Thanks", said Schroedinger, as he took the shard, "You don't know what it
means to me"

But Emmy thought she did know, although she wasn't going to tell.

"Oh, and by the way, my name is Schroedinger, and if you need someone to
show you around, I'd be happy to be your friend. After all, we are sharing
the most precious thing of all"

Emmy mewed in relief, and playfully licked Schroedinger's ear.

Schroedinger tried to stifled th giggle, because he still wanted to impress
his new friend with how grown up and big and strong and tough he was. But
Emmy heard it anyway.

After being introduced to all the creatures at the Bridge, and a nice long
nap in the soft fragrant heather, Schroedinger thought it was about time
Emmy held the Heart of Helen again. But as he went to give back the shard,
he noticed something a little odd about it.

He sniffed it, he pawed at it, and even snorted at it. Something
was....different.

"What's up, Schroe Bro," As Emmy now called him, "Human got your toungue?"
she teased.

There was something not, not, oh, he couldn't put his paw on it, but there
as
something perculiar going on. His whiskers itched in confirmation.

Still confused, he offered it to back to his new friend, who also stared at
intently.

"Hey look", she said, "if you get the right angle, you can see other cat's
faces in it"

"Yeah, I know, they're the cats that shared Helen's Heart before me.
Everybody she loves changes her heart slightly, and when we steal a part of
heart when we come here, we take the memories of all the ones that have
written their own place on her heart."

"Then how come I can see you here?" Emmy asked in confusion

Schroedinger came shoulder to shoulder with Emmy to prove he wouldn't be
caught by any more of her teasing.

"Don't be silly, you must be seeing......." and his voice trailed off. There
indeed was his handsome face, clear as crystal, shining out for the whole of
The Bridge to see. And there was another face he didn't recognise as well.

"I'm. I'm so sorry," he stammered, "this isn't my Heart of Helen after all.
I just loved her so much, I couldn't bear to think that I had lost
mine...and there you were, with a Heart of Helen too and I just....."

Emmy playfully boxed him around the ears. "Thats for being a doofus" she
giggled.

Schroedinger apologised "Thankyou for sharing it with me anyway, even though
I had no right to ask you"

"S'Ok", Emmy smiled, "and stop being so grumpy. Lets find *your* peice of
Helen's Heart"

"Sounds good"

"Have you checked that secret soft spot?"

"Of Course"

"You sure?"

"Yes"

"Really sure?"

Schroedinger groaned. Emmy was starting to sound like Mamakitty

"Absolutely sure?"

"Mind if I check?" Emmy blurted as she jumped Schroedinger in a playful
wrestle

"Geroff!"

After another friendly wrestle, and Schoedinger being forced to *show* his
secret soft spot to Emmy just to make absolutely certain it wasn't with him,
they started hunting for Schoedinger's heart of helen at Rainbow Bridge.
Emmy enjoyed herself a bit to much, Schoedinger thought, for such a serious
mission, but this was the first tim Emmy had hunted for *anything* and she
thought it was a great adventure.

After hunting high and low, and eventually splitting up to cover more
ground, they were all out of luck. Until, all of a sudden they both nearly
shouted at each other "The Shard!!!!!".

They both held on and used one peice of Helen's heart ot find another.
Eventually they were lead to a little used grove right at the edge of Ranbow
Bridge, where the heather grew deeper and the grass was too thick and long
to run through. And using their intincts and the shard, the found, under the
deep grass and soft heather.

A tiny tiny little kitten curled around Schroedinger's Heart of Helen.
Schroedinger thought his face looked oddly familiar.

"Thats the other cat in the shard!" Schoedinger exclaimed.
"Thats, M, my sister" Emmy corrected.

"Oh," said Schroedinger, all serious again, "She's so young"

M opened a sleepy eye and mewed. Emmy was so pleased to see her and gave her
a good bath all over. (Schroedinger helped with the missed bits).

Emmy and Scroedinger explained all that had happened to little M, the great
confusion, the big adventure, and what had drawn them to this spot.

"This?" M said as she picked up Schoedinger's Heart of Helen. "I was just
drawn to it, something in *here*," he gestured to his heart, "something
inside just ached for me come here."

And indeed, when she stretched out to give back the missing Heart of Helen,
Emmy and Schroedinger could just make out the shiney white brilliance of
another Heart of Helen glowing out from M's secret soft spot.

"You know what I'm thinking" asked Emmy

"I think so!" replied Schrodinger, again amazed at how this little go was so
much like himself. "Let's Go!"

And together with little M, they set about to find all the other cats that
shone out in the reflections of the Heart of Helen.

~~~
Yowie



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Old December 14th 03, 07:03 AM
JP Hobbs
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Both stories lovely Yowie Jean P.

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u...
"Hey, that's mine!" squeaked Schroedinger to the new kitty.

Emmy just mewed. She was all too confused about this new place, the other
new place, and the new place before that. She wished she could just go

back
to that warm dark place where all was safe.

Schoedinger fluffed himself up and went to sort this new upstart out. She
had something that he knew was his, and wanted it back. It was the most
precious thing he had ever owned - had ever wanted to own, and he would

make
sure that it stayed with him always, right next to that secret soft spot

all
cats have.

Emmy mewed even more at the look of this scarey creature coming towards

her.
She thought it wasn't fair. She had managed to snatch a speck of the
sweetest softest most purest light in the small time she had with the Nice
Lady, and now this big bully was going to take away even that.

She clutched the shard of Helen's Heart close to her own, drawing courage
from it the way Helen drew courage from the deepest depths of her own soul
to help the helpless. "Like me", Emmy thought

With the the strength of the Nice Lady to help her, Emmy decided to stand
her ground. The Nice Lady had sacrificed this bit of her heart just for
Emmy, had paid for it in tears, and would always feel a hole right

*there*,
every time she thought of the wee little kitty. This was *not* something
given away lightly - it was the most precious gift of all.

Emmy puffed up as good as she could. She arched her back. She hissed the
biggest hissspits her little lungs could make.

"Its mine!!!!" she screamed at Schroedinger "Get your own".

Scroedinger was taken aback to say the least. Who knew that this wee small
girl could be so fiesty, so tough, so... so much like him.

But he knew deep in his soul that we she had was his, it looked the same,

it
glittered the same, it shone the same, it even *smelt* the same. Surely

this
little upstart kitten had stolen his Heart of Helen, and he was so upset,

so
angry, so, so...... empty without it.

All of a sudden, Schroedinger's anger broke into a flood of tears. He
treasured the Heart of Helen more than anything else in the world, the
universe, but he was a big strong tough kitty, and there was this tiny

small
little ball, who would have never have known the Heart of Helen at all.

He thought for a long while as he washed himself meticulously just as Mama
had taught him to do if he needed to think hard.

Emmy stayed alert and on guard. No one was stealing her Heart of Helen for
anything.

Schroedinger finally reached a conclusion. Perhaps he could share his

Heart
of Helen with this new kitty. Stealing hearts was not a common thing at
Rainbow Bridge, and clearly this new kitty must have had a really good
reason.

"Sorry, I scared you, little kitty," started Schoedinger

"Emmy" she demanded

"Sorry I scared you, *Emmy*," Schrodinger repeated, again admiring the

spunk
of the girl, "but it seems you have something of mine that is so precious

to
me. It was a gift to me, you see, and its all I have of someone I love"

Emmy may have been young, but she knew which side of the saucer has milk.

He
spoke the truth, and all that gruff and scareyness was just him hiding his
hurt. "Just like me" she thought.

"I can't give it up entirely," he continued, "but I would really like to
share it with you. I'm sure Helen wouldn't mind.

Emmy thought for a moment. The name "Helen" sounded a lot like the Nice

Lady
that had her given her this most precious shard. She didn't want to give

it
up either, but could see that this other cat desperately needed what the
Nice Lady had given her. After a deep washing of contemplation, she
reluctantly agreed.

She could see the look of utter relief on the other cat's face, and she
thought that the Nice Lady would be proud of her. The Nice Lady had been

so
wonderful and kind and sharing, that perhaps her own sharing could somehow
repay the Nice lady a little.

With a full load of trust, but with just a hint of sadness, Emmy held out
her shard of Helen Heart to Schroedinger.

"Thanks", said Schroedinger, as he took the shard, "You don't know what it
means to me"

But Emmy thought she did know, although she wasn't going to tell.

"Oh, and by the way, my name is Schroedinger, and if you need someone to
show you around, I'd be happy to be your friend. After all, we are sharing
the most precious thing of all"

Emmy mewed in relief, and playfully licked Schroedinger's ear.

Schroedinger tried to stifled th giggle, because he still wanted to

impress
his new friend with how grown up and big and strong and tough he was. But
Emmy heard it anyway.

After being introduced to all the creatures at the Bridge, and a nice long
nap in the soft fragrant heather, Schroedinger thought it was about time
Emmy held the Heart of Helen again. But as he went to give back the shard,
he noticed something a little odd about it.

He sniffed it, he pawed at it, and even snorted at it. Something
was....different.

"What's up, Schroe Bro," As Emmy now called him, "Human got your toungue?"
she teased.

There was something not, not, oh, he couldn't put his paw on it, but there
as
something perculiar going on. His whiskers itched in confirmation.

Still confused, he offered it to back to his new friend, who also stared

at
intently.

"Hey look", she said, "if you get the right angle, you can see other cat's
faces in it"

"Yeah, I know, they're the cats that shared Helen's Heart before me.
Everybody she loves changes her heart slightly, and when we steal a part

of
heart when we come here, we take the memories of all the ones that have
written their own place on her heart."

"Then how come I can see you here?" Emmy asked in confusion

Schroedinger came shoulder to shoulder with Emmy to prove he wouldn't be
caught by any more of her teasing.

"Don't be silly, you must be seeing......." and his voice trailed off.

There
indeed was his handsome face, clear as crystal, shining out for the whole

of
The Bridge to see. And there was another face he didn't recognise as well.

"I'm. I'm so sorry," he stammered, "this isn't my Heart of Helen after

all.
I just loved her so much, I couldn't bear to think that I had lost
mine...and there you were, with a Heart of Helen too and I just....."

Emmy playfully boxed him around the ears. "Thats for being a doofus" she
giggled.

Schroedinger apologised "Thankyou for sharing it with me anyway, even

though
I had no right to ask you"

"S'Ok", Emmy smiled, "and stop being so grumpy. Lets find *your* peice of
Helen's Heart"

"Sounds good"

"Have you checked that secret soft spot?"

"Of Course"

"You sure?"

"Yes"

"Really sure?"

Schroedinger groaned. Emmy was starting to sound like Mamakitty

"Absolutely sure?"

"Mind if I check?" Emmy blurted as she jumped Schroedinger in a playful
wrestle

"Geroff!"

After another friendly wrestle, and Schoedinger being forced to *show* his
secret soft spot to Emmy just to make absolutely certain it wasn't with

him,
they started hunting for Schoedinger's heart of helen at Rainbow Bridge.
Emmy enjoyed herself a bit to much, Schoedinger thought, for such a

serious
mission, but this was the first tim Emmy had hunted for *anything* and she
thought it was a great adventure.

After hunting high and low, and eventually splitting up to cover more
ground, they were all out of luck. Until, all of a sudden they both nearly
shouted at each other "The Shard!!!!!".

They both held on and used one peice of Helen's heart ot find another.
Eventually they were lead to a little used grove right at the edge of

Ranbow
Bridge, where the heather grew deeper and the grass was too thick and long
to run through. And using their intincts and the shard, the found, under

the
deep grass and soft heather.

A tiny tiny little kitten curled around Schroedinger's Heart of Helen.
Schroedinger thought his face looked oddly familiar.

"Thats the other cat in the shard!" Schoedinger exclaimed.
"Thats, M, my sister" Emmy corrected.

"Oh," said Schroedinger, all serious again, "She's so young"

M opened a sleepy eye and mewed. Emmy was so pleased to see her and gave

her
a good bath all over. (Schroedinger helped with the missed bits).

Emmy and Scroedinger explained all that had happened to little M, the

great
confusion, the big adventure, and what had drawn them to this spot.

"This?" M said as she picked up Schoedinger's Heart of Helen. "I was just
drawn to it, something in *here*," he gestured to his heart, "something
inside just ached for me come here."

And indeed, when she stretched out to give back the missing Heart of

Helen,
Emmy and Schroedinger could just make out the shiney white brilliance of
another Heart of Helen glowing out from M's secret soft spot.

"You know what I'm thinking" asked Emmy

"I think so!" replied Schrodinger, again amazed at how this little go was

so
much like himself. "Let's Go!"

And together with little M, they set about to find all the other cats that
shone out in the reflections of the Heart of Helen.

~~~
Yowie





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Old December 14th 03, 08:18 AM
Julie Cook
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Yowie wrote:

~~~
Wah! I've got myself crying again!

Glad to be of service,
Yowie


Thanks Yowie. Sorry it made you cry all over again, but if it makes you feel any
better it makes me cry to. A sign of an excellent story.

Julie



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Old December 14th 03, 03:15 PM
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