| From: shan lung <shanlung9@y...> Date: Mon Apr 21, 2003 2:27 pm Subject: Tinkerbell Free Flight Report 2 of 3 I went back again to that starting point with flier/namecards in my pocket. That was just in case Tinkerbell circled back. Riding the bike as slowly as I can, I called her name and 'COME BACK'. Every flying shape got called to. That even include butterflies until I realised that they were butterflies. I became conscious of all movements. That was a very pastoral land with padi fields and lotus ponds and lily ponds and patches of veges with clumps of trees. At other times, I would have been enchanted with them. But I gained no solace with that place. That they looked so beautiful felt so much more terrible to me. The air was clearing up with much better visibility. With heavy heart, I moved to the houses and buildings next to the main roads. I noticed the cats. Tinkerbell grew up in an environment where she lorded over Halftail. I pained to know that she may make a fatal mistake of associating any other cat with HT. I moved from building to building leaving my fliers and seeking their permission to shout for Tink. Those people warmed up to me and all wished me well. I went back home again to get Joy and the color posters with Tink and more namecard fliers with Tink in color on the back. Remebering all I read, we flooded the area with posters. The more likely areas had both color and black and white posters going up. I handed out fliers to people who alreay knew of me, saying they heard me calling and calling out. That have been many low points in my life, but the afternoon of Sat saw me so low. I could not even drop a word back here knowing that with all the goodwill from these places, Tink has only me to rely on to get her back before she succumbed. I did not have the luxury to feel miserable as I needed all my wits and effort to focus on the task. When we called for her, there is always the needling fear that are we calling in the wrong place? Is Tink there but did we move off before she responded? How can we second guess where she flew on to? Did she turn? Did she double back? did she continued on? Back and forth we covered the ground we been and added more areas to the search and blanket areas. I felt less and less hope that we can find her or that she can find us. I decided to focus on reaching main population groups so that more pair of eyes can join in the search. Night has fallen and we turned miserably back to home. Her empty cage and her play areas accused me of her absence. Even HT and Zorro seemed subdue and missed her. Without her, I just could not get back here to drop any word even though I guess the absence of my report may well have indicated that events did not go well. ===== With warmest regards Shanlung Joy - wife, Tinkerbell - CAG & surrogate daughter |
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