There are meadows and hills for all 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 had been ill are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days gone by.

 

These animals are happy and content, except for one small thing: They each miss someone special, someone who was left behind.

 

Then a day comes when one suddenly stops playing and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are content; his eager body begins to quiver. Suddenly he breaks away from the others, flying over the green grass, faster and faster.

 

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling to each other in joyous reunion, never to be parted again.

 

Happy kisses rain upon your face. Your hands caress the beloved head and you look once more into those trusting eyes so long gone from your life, but never absent in your heart.

 

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together...

 

But one day, as they run and play, they notice someone standing alone by the road to the Bridge. The person wistfully watches the reunions of old friends, for in their lifetime, they had been beaten, starved, tortured, and unloved.

 

As they stand there, one of the unloved pets approaches them, curious as to why they are alone. As they get nearer to each other a miracle occurs - For these are the ones that were meant to be together: their special human, their beloved pet, although on Earth they never met.

 

With the meeting of two souls, the pain and sorrow disappears and the two friends are together. Then they cross Rainbow Bridge together, never to be parted again...