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Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When a beloved pet dies which has been especially close to someone it goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food and water and sunshine and our loved ones are warm and comfortable. All the animals which have been ill and old are restored to health and vigour. Those which were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
When you and your special friend meet, you cling together in joyous re-union, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face, the purr gladdens your ears, your hands again caress the beloved head and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
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IF IT SHOULD BE .......
If it should be that I grow weak
And pain should keep me from my sleep
Then you must do what must be done
For this last battle can't be won.
You will be sad, I understand
Don't let this grief then stop your hand
For this day more than all the rest
Your love for me must stand the test
We've had so many happy years
What is to come will hold no fears
You'd not want me to suffer, so
The time has come: please let me go
Take me where my needs they'll tend
And please stay with me to the end.
Hold me firm and speak with me
Until my eyes no longer see
Please don't be sad it must be you
Who has this sorrowful thing to do.
We've been so close, we two, these years
Don't let your heart hold back its tears.
I know in time that you will see
The kindness that you did for me
Although my tail its last has waved
From pain and suffering I've been SAVED.