it was the loveliest of evenings...the weather was just perfect...not warm nor too cold. but cold enough to want to snuggle inside the blanket with the love of ur life...thats when i met this distressed swan. he was crying in pain. his loved one was not with him. she was taken away into another shelter that night. it was more than he could bear. he longed for her, to feel her warm white fluffy feathers against his own...he wanted to coo softly to her. he refused to eat that night and kept calling out to her...and sitting in her den, she heard his cry and she quietly shed tears. she consoled herself, he is just one night away...they would be together again when the sun shows up...and then they would swim and frolic in the lake warmed by the glowing sun...

Dec 25th, 2005