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A Family for Furrball
By: Rocket Racer

(I felt bad that Furrball is an orphan, so I wanted to give him a family. In this story, I also
included a girlfriend for Furrball's pal, Calamity Coyote. It may not be much, but I hope you
like it.)

It was Thanksgiving Day and ACME Looniversity is holding a celebration at the auditorium.
The place smelled fresh with pie, mashed potatoes, and turkey. The tables were tableclothed
in white and the plates and silverware were set. The toonsters walked in, got their food, said
their prayers, and ate. Soon, there were conversations going around the tables.
"Say Buster," Babs Bunny asked. "What are you thankful for?"
"Well," responded Buster Bunny. "I am mostly thankful for my family. They worked hard
for me to get a good education here and I don't want to let them down."
The rest of the toons say that they are thankful for other things too like good friends,
a warm home, plenty of food, and great teachers. When it came to Furrball however, he says he
is thankful for friends, a home, and his relationship with Fifi, but he soon turned his head
away from the others. For the rest of the end of November, the other toons were wondering what's
bothering Furrball.

Then one Saturday, Furrball was walking down the road, minding his own business when
he passed Fifi's Cadillac and she wanted to talk to him. He came over to the car and sat dowm
inside.
"It's about Thanksgiving, isn't it?" asked Furrball.
"Oui, eet eez." answered Fifi. "Vous deedn't look very well at the table and you stayed
silent for zee rest of zee day. Eez something, mon amor? You can tell moi anytheeng."
After a long pause, Furrball continued. "It's about when Buster said that he's thankful
for his family. It kind of made me feel left out. You know I'm an orphan and most of the time
I search for food to survive, but I always wondered how I existed, where I came from and ...
...well..." In that moment, he was almost crying. Fifi put her arms and tail around him and
kissed his cheek a few times to comfort him.

"So, you feel lonely weezout a family?" Fifi asked gently as she rocked Furrball back
and forth. The blue cat sniffed and nodded his head. "I don't know whether or not vous do, but
at least you have friends to help you out in tough situations and also vous have a home weez
moi."
Through his tears, Furrball smiled and kissed Fifi back on her cheek. "Thanks." he said.
"But one day, I will find out for myself where my family is and that will make me happy indeed."
Fifi smiled too and said, "I'm sure vous weell and if you ever need help, I'll be zhere."
She patted her paw against his and that made Furrball's day.

The next day, the toonsters saw a remarkable discovery: the new town library is open!
Since ACME Loo needs to have a new Christmas play, they all agreed that this will a good place
to start. The head librarian was Ms. Greynight, a female fox who may be a little rough around
the edges, but she still cares about the people who come to the library. She informs them that
the screenplays will be in the far right corner.
"Gee," said an astonished Hamton. "This library IS filled with any kind of thing we
ask." Indeed, the new library had comic books, fictions, historical biographies, and lots more!
"Like, I am kinda getting a little woozy!" said Shirley.
They started to search for a play and Calamity bumped into a ladder and, feeling upset
pushed it away. What he didn't notice was that there was a person putting books back and she
was sent to the far left side of the bookshelf. The toonsters came to stop the ladder and they
barely made it.
Calamity then held up a sign saying, "Sorry, I didn't see you there."
The person was a young pink female cat with her hair tied up in a ribbon and she responded,
"It's alright, it happens once in a while. So, is there anything you need help with?" When Furrball
looked at her, he felt a little strange and there was pink light shining from her right hand
when she turned to the toonsters.
Babs said, "Well, we were wondering if you know any good plays for Christmas this year."
"Well," the cat thought. "Here's one I just picked out." She handed it to the toonsters
and the title is called, "A Time for Christmas." The play is about how Christmas went through
povery, persecution, and even a chance a stop it to survive the years past.
The toonsters agreed and Little Beeper held up a sign that said, "Thanks Mrs..."
"Cat" the lady responded. "And you're very welcome." She saw Furrball
as well and begins to feel strange too.
As Furrball looked back at her, Fifi caught on and asked, "Something wrong, mon amor?"
"No, it's nothing really." he responded and they continued to leave.

It was Monday, the toonsters started to plan who is going to play the characters and
how the stage is going to be set up. But Furrball was nowhere to be found, so Fifi volunteered
to look for him. She found him in the ACME Junkyard, looking inside his cardboard box.
She asked what was he doing and he responded, "I just remembered something for the play."
And immediately, the blue cat took out a small gold locket, but it was cut right down the middle.
"Oh, how lovely!" exclaimed Fifi with obvious admiration. "But why eez eet cut een half?"
"I don't know. But I just thought that this belonged to one of my parents while they
were still alive." He opened the locket and there was young Furrball with a couple of strangers
in the background, but the rest of the top parts of their bodies, including their heads, were
split down the middle.
"But," Fifi began. "You said you never had a family."
Furrball looked down at the ground and said, "Well, after coming across this, I've figured
out that I did. And now, I want to find out more."
"Maybe later on. Eet eez good zat you want to know, but right now, we have to rehearse."
Reluctantly, Furrball said, "Oh OK, I guess that will be fine." And together, they walked
to the ACME Looniversity hand in hand. Then in one corner of the alley beside the junkyard,
there was a man holding a net. He worked for the ACME City Pound and we all know how the workers
there feel about pets who either roam the streets or do awful deeds.
"Hmmm." the man thought to himself. "That cat has been roaming the streets for as long
as I can remember. He looks right to put in the slammer along with the others."

At practice, the toons began to act out in the city streets background where it's all
bustling with shoppers looking for something special for the holidays. Furrball is playing Bill,
a young man who thinks of nothing but work, even on Christmas. Fifi plays Mary, a young woman
who likes Bill, but she dislikes the fact that his work is everything. Buster plays Bartholomew,
an angel who appears in Bill's dream during Christmas Eve. Bartholomew wants to take Bill on
a journey in how Christmas was taken very seriously throughout the ages; from the time in Bethlehem
to even the time when it was outlawed. Bill must realize that there are many things more important
than just work and that he must celebrate not behind closed doors, but with an open heart.
After the practice, Fifi and Furrball left ACME Loo that afternoon to go to the doctor's
for getting their flu shots. As soon, as they went through the halls to find their waiting room,
they passed one hospital bed and saw someone very familiar to them. It was Calamity Coyote and
he sat up straight and looked very stiff.
"Hey Cal." greeeted Furrball. "You here to get a flu shot too?"
Other than being a kid genius, Calamity can either hold up a sign or just recently,
use sign language. So, he signed, "No, not really. I'm here because I'm gonna get an anesthetic."
"Annie who?" asked Fifi.
"Anesthetic that means I'm gonna be knocked out."
"What for?"
"Well..." shrugged Calamity. "During practice, you know I'm one of the soldiers heading
under Hamton who's the captain and I was testing out the shotguns."
"Oh." replied Furrball. "That makes sense, it is good to check on a couple of things
once in a while. But what does that have to do with you being here?"
"Well, I was walking to my dressing room while having a look at one, but I didn't see
where I was going and I tripped, the gun flew in the air, and..."
"Vous saw your shotgun fly?" asked Fifi.
"Yeah, and I heard it."
"You heard it?" asked a confused Furrball.
"And I felt it!" Calamity's two friends were surprised; he got shot!
"Wait, you felt it? Calamity, are you okay? Where did you..."
"Let's just say bud that uh..." Calamity looked behind him. "I uh..." He looked again
and shrugged, "I can't sit down too good right now." Fifi and Furrball looked behind Calamity
and turned back in disgust.
Fifi chirped up: "Calamity, you've been shot!"
"In the kazoo!" Calamity signed painfully.
"Oh man!" Furrball exclaimed looking behind Calamity again.
"Don't worry, once the anesthetic pulls through I won't feel a thing."
"Well, get better soon, man." The skunk and cat left the room...still in disgust.

"Wow." Furrball was beginning to feel overwhelmed. "I've been through a lot of rough
times, but not like that."
"C'mon," Fifi then said. "He'll be just fine. Besides, we've got, how you say, other
feesh to fry."
"You're right. Okay, I guess we outta..." Furrball didn't look where he was going and
ran into a file cabinet and folders were flying all over the place. "The minute I said that,
I knew I was going for it." Fifi helped him up while picking up a few files on the floor. Furrball
still had one more file stuck to his face, but when Fifi tried to take it out, he waved his
hands to keep hers away.
"Furrball," said Fifi looking quite annoyed. "We have to put zat last one back."
"Wait, hold on." replied Furrball. He was beginning to feel a slight pain in his head.
Immediately, he began to see something in his own head: a young cat who looked alot like him
and was walking to a store to get something, then there was a fire erupting at an apartment.

"What eez it?" Fifi grabbed the file and saw the name on the birth certificate who's
parent names have been ripped out. "Ryan Thomas Cat? What about him?"
"I don't know. It seems as though when I saw that name, my brain goes out of control.
As in I know him."
"Maybe zis Ryan Thomas knows about your family before vous were an orphan."
"Maybe so... let's go find out." Furrball turned to leave, but was grabbed by Fifi.
"What is it?"
"We have to take our flu shots first." Fifi responded.
"Oh yeah." Furrball moaned. The whole idea of finding a possible relative made him forget.

The two soon headed out, having their conversation while walking down the sidewalk.
"Do vous really know anytheeng about Ryan Thomas?" asked Fifi.
"Well, it's not like I exactly know him, it's just that when I first saw that name,
I might have saw a vision in my head."
"What was eet?"
"I think I saw him when he first went into a jewelry store, looking for something important."
"Let's start our search zhere." Fifi and Furrball headed to the Glacier Jewelry Store.
There they saw a clerk examining the new delivery of jewels sent to him.
"Hello sir." greeted Furrball.
"Oh hello, sonny." responded the clerk, he was an eagle with a bright blue tuxedo and
reading glasses. "What can I do for you two?"
"Well," began Fifi. "We were kinda wondereeng eef vous have heard of someone named Ryan
Thomas."
"Ryan Thomas? Well, I do remember when I was younger, he looked a lot like you (referring
to Furrball). He wanted to look for a special ring for a young girl he loves, but we told him
we didn't have it. That's why he went to the Diamondback Jewelry Department."
"OK." said Furrball. "Thank you sir."
"No problem."

The Diamondback Jewelry Department wasn't far, it was just two blocks away. The skunk
and cat entered the store and it was immensely packed with information about the kinds of diamonds
and jewels they had. The clerk there was a vulture with a bright purple tuxedo and square glasses.
"Hello kids. Anything I can do for ya?"
"Yeah." responded an anxious Furrball. "The clerk at the Glacier Jewelry Store said
that a guy named Ryan Thomas wanted to get something here."
The clerk thought hard to remember and then he said, "Oh yes! Ryan Thomas. He said that
he wanted to get a pink Argyle diamond ring, since you know it's one of the most rare and valuable
diamonds in the world. We had a small supply of it, so I put one diamond to good use. He's a
very good fellow he is."
"We can see zat." said Fifi.
"He also said that he'll see to the pastor at once to plan a future wedding for him
and his lover, perhaps he knows about Ryan in that old church."
"Maybe." thought Furrball. After saying thanks, Fifi and Furrball headed to the church
down the road.

It was getting dark, so they have to hurry. The pastor was named Victor Stronel and
he was a black panther.
"Ryan Thomas? Yes... He came to me once. He was a good friend of mine since he's a brave
and strong lad. He wanted to arrange a marriage to a girl he knows. He was 18, but he wanted
to propose to her as soon as possible."
"Did he have an occupation?" asked Furrball.
"Yes, he was the son of a tailor who dearly loved to put his thoughts into actions.
Although he loved to make clothes for the homeless or even make quilts for those who are cold,
he mostly enjoys working with ribbons."
"Ribbons?" Furrball was surprised, Ryan Thomas likes ribbons as much as he does!
"Indeed my good fellow. It's natural to us felines that we have a tendency to play with
long objects, such as yarn, spaghetti, and even ribbons."
Fifi then asked, "Did he also say the name of ze person who he wanted to marwy?"
"Yes, but I have to look and see because it has been a long time since I heard about
Ryan Thomas." Mr. Stronel looked into his own book of past marriages until he found what he
was looking for. The name Ryan Thomas was shone and the name of his lover too, Elizabeth Cat.

Later that night while walking back to the Cadillac, Furrball began pondering to himself.
"If Ryan Thomas works in the tailor shop 4 blocks from my old alley home, then maybe
his lover isn't far......Hey Fifi."
"Yeah." said Fifi looking lovingly in Furrball's eyes.
"I never really thought that we could find out alot about this Ryan Thomas fellow."
"Oui. And maybe when we find this Elizabeth, we can find the answer about your family.
"Yeah, you're right." Furrball turned back to his thoughts and remembered that Mrs.
Cat also had a ribbon and there was a glimpse of pink from her right hand. Maybe SHE knows
something about Furrball's parents and possible siblings. He turned back to Fifi to tell about
his thoughts, but she wasn't beside him, she was gone!
"Fifi!" called out Furrball. "Fifi, where are you?" Suddenly, he felt two big hands
grab him from behind and pulled him into a dark alley. He soon found himself back against a
wall.
He heard a voice say, "Long time no see, chump." Furrball gasped as he saw who it was:
it was the two cat bullies that have been chasing him around in the episode "Aroma Amore."
The big cat spoke up first: "You're really clever in putting us up as skunks and getting
us chased by that girlfriend you're with."
The second cat added, "Yeah, you ruined our fun, but now that we have you, revenge will
be sweet."
"Any last requests before you're run to the ground?" Furrball smiled and nodded in response
and he pointed straight. The other cats looked and saw no one, but before their heads turned,
Furrball took out an airhorn and blew it right in their ears. The two cat bullies covered their
ears real hard, while Furrball ran to get to Fifi. She, meanwhile, was brought in by someone
she once dated: the Hollywood hotshot, Johnny Pew.
"Hey, babe. Did you miss me?" Before Fifi could respond, he put his hand over her mouth.
"I knew you wouldn't. I thought you enjoyed seeing me the first time, but you didn't seem to
enjoy it. When word got out that I got kicked out and brought as a pet, my reputation was nearly
in shambles!
"Vous deedn't even care about moi," Fifi said looking sternly at him. "You only cared
about yourself and you gave away my autograph!"
"C'mon, babe." responded Johnny. "That's just how it is. After you're tired with one
date and want to try another, you gotta figure out a way to dump them and still be famous. It's
the way Hollywood works, baby. You can't satisfy everyone. And now that I got those two cats
to mingle with your boyfriend for a while, nothing can stand in my way in my path for vengeance." It was
obvious that he had it with Fifi and he now was willing to get rid of her once and for all.
But then he got a loud buzz in the ear, as Furrball came just in time and blew his airhorn.
"Furrball!" Fifi exclaimed as she came and hugged him real tight. "Eet's good to see
you, but what weell we do now? These guys weell keell us for sure."
"Here." said Furrball handing Fifi two paintcans of black and white. "We have to make
a switch." Fifi ran to the two cats while Furrball had to tangle with Johnny Pew.
"So, you're the one?" Johnny said as he rubbed his blown ear. "Well, this outta be fun."

While the cat bullies were still dazed after being blown in the ear, Fifi immediately
painted them in the exact same skunk colors as Furrball put them in before. Then, she did her
daily routine in meeting a boy: get overly excited and start hugging and kissing him. The two
cats started running for their lives and did everything to get Fifi away from them. Meanwhile,
Furrball kept jumping on different trashbins to get away from Johnny's punches and tiring him
out.
"Quit screwing around, dirtbag. Come on, face me like a man!"
"My pleasure." Furrball smirked. "Let me show ya how it's done." He immediately headbutted
into the skunk's chest and began to throw quicker punches from his little paws and rammed him
against the wall.
The cat bullies soon came to the local car wash and in no time at all, they got themselves
clean. But they were in for an even bigger surprise! Fifi was waiting for them on the other
side and she looked at them quite sternly.
"Uh, h-h-hi." quivered the bigger cat. "Uh, sorry to lead you in a big misunderstanding
the first time, but it was an accident that we got ourselves to look like skunks. Heh, heh."
The violet skunk began to walk closer to them while the cats took a few steps back. "Really,
we mean it. You're really cute and all, but I think it's better to..." In that moment, they
got sprayed. "OH YUCK!"
Back in the alley, the fighting raged on and both Johnny Pew and Furrball were getting
tired out.
"Not bad." commented Johnny. "For a cat; now let's see how you deal with THIS!" He immediately
grabbed his tail and unleashed his putrid spray to the little blue cat. But through the green
smoke, he could hear the cat giggling to himself.
"Maybe I forgot to tell ya." said Furrball. "Ever since I met Fifi, I got used to this
stuff." The cat took a deep breath and blew the putrid odor back to Johnny! The skunk found
himself coughing in disgust.
"Oh man! This is so humiliating!" Then he felt one punch spinning him around, then another
forcing him to go face down, then finally a kick from behind sending him to the trash bin. Furrball
felt victorious to his win and finally caught up with Fifi. They both panted and were relieved
that Johnny Pew and the cat bullies weren't anywhere close to them.
"Man, that was close!" Furrball happily wheezed.
"Too close!" responded Fifi still panting.
"Are you two alright?" asked a voice from the shadows. The person was a 19-year old
dark blue cat. He was dressed in jean pants, white converse shoes, and an open plaid collared
shirt with a black T-shirt underneath. "You need to be careful with punks like those in the
streets, man."
"Vous seen them too?" asked Fifi quite surprised.
"Yeah, I did. Name's Terry. I'm the undercover man in the ACME Police Dept. I'm always
tracking thugs and made sure that younger ones like you don't become their personal scapegoats."
"Hey uh, Terry." said Furrball. "I know about the streets very well and the possible
dangers that can be faced. I know I can take care of myself."
"Many others like you said that line, but all the same they soon got what came for them."
While Furrball was thinking about what Terry said, Fifi spoke up: "Zay Monsieur Terry,
do vous know where zhe ACME Junkyard eez from here?"
"Y'mean the one with the big red Cadillac? Yeah, you just turn right and head straight.
It's on your left; be careful out there."
"Thanks." responded Furrball. But as soon as the two left the teenaged cat behind, he
began to have another strange feeling inside his own head.

It was 4 days before Christmas and there was a lot of hustling and bustling to get ready
for the dress rehearsal before the two days of performance from December 23-24. Furrball and
Calamity got together to take a final look at their lines before going out on stage, but soon
Calamity needed a drink, so he walked to the refreshment stand to get a gatorade.
But suddenly while walking back, he turned the corner and bumped into someone and hit
the floor. He was dazed for a while, but soon regained consciousness and saw something he didn't
expect. The person that he bumped into was a light purple female skunk dressed as an angel;
her radiant beauty made the grey coyote's heart pump wildly.
"Sorry." the skunk said. "I didn't see vous zhere. I was just getting to my dwessing
woom."
Calamity, while putting a hand over his heart, held up a sign that said, "It's alright,
it was my fault actually. I kinda have to be more careful with those corners."
"Eet's alright here too. By ze way, I'm Cosette. I've been called by my couseen, Fifi,
zat I waz needed for zis play."
"Well, nice to meet you, Cosette." Calamity felt like melting when he said that name.
"I'm Calamity Coyote."
"Well, nice to meet vous too. I better be on my way. Talk to you later!" As she left
to go to her dressing room, Calamity began to grow hot as though he thought he saw Heaven right
before his eyes.
He was finally broken off from the trance when he heard Furrball shout, "Calamity! What
are you still doing here?! We're gonna be up soon!" Without hesitation, Calamity got dressed
into his soldier outfit and headed to the stage. The part he plays is when a time Christmas
was outlawed. Many soldiers began putting people in the dungeon if they want to stop it. But
Christmas still went on through the ages and many students are beginning to learn alot from
their acting roles. Soon, the entire crowd felt confident about doing this play.
At the end of practice, the toonsters were already getting out of their clothes and
getting a few snacks before heading home. Fifi was leading Furrball across the hall to her dressing
room.
"Vous weell see." said Fifi. "Vous weell like her."
"OK, so where is she?" asked Furrball.
Fifi began knocking on the dressing room door. "Here he eez!" The door opened and to
Furrball's surprise, it was Cosette (who Calamity first met recently).
"Zis eez my couseen, Cosette. We needed a singing angel in zis play, so we hired her."
"Bonjour." greeted Cosette as she gave Furrball a greeting kiss on each cheek. "Are
vous Fifi's boyfriend?"
"Yeah." responded Furrball. "I'm Furrball." Then seeing Calamity walking by, he grabbed
him on the arm. "And this of course is..."
"Calamity!" exclaimed Cosette as he recognized the boy earlier. "Well, good to see that
vous are doeeng well too."
"Uh yeah. Thanks Cosette." said Calamity's sign. His friends can see that he was beginning
to grow hot all over his body and he had a shaky smile going across his grey furry face. "So,
where will you be going now that we're done for the day?"
"Mozhair and Fahzair are making reservations at a nearby hotel, so for now they allowed
moi to stay at Fifi's place for a while. Vous wanna come too?"
Calamity nearly melted when he was asked to stay with her for a while. "Y-y-Yeah. I-
I would love to."
"Great! So, I'll see vous all pretty soon!" Cosette left the auditorium, leaving Calamity
continuing to stare lovingly at her.
Fifi whispered to Furrball, "I zink we got a winner."
"I agree." Furrball whispered back. Soon, as the four friends slept in Fifi's Cadillac,
Furrball immediately forgot about talking to Mrs. Cat about his family.

The next day was a free break from performance. The four got themselves dressed to get
some Christmas shopping done for their friends. Since they want to keep their own presents a
secret, they decided to go to four different places to get the things they want to give to that
friend. Once finished, they have to wrap it up and keep it hidden until Christmas time. They
all met at the food court for lunch and put the wrapped gifts away in a large bag.
"Gee." said Fifi. "I'm wondering what we got ourselves this year."
"Same here." Furrball, Calamity, and Cosette said in unison and all four laughed.
"So Cosette." began Furrball. "It's good that a relative like you came along to visit
us."
"Oui." Cosette said happily. "Fifi and I have known each other for a very long time.
We both had similarities of just meeting handsome boys and showing zem all ze love we had for
zem."
"Yeah." said Calamity's sign as he began to shrug. "We can all see the resemblance."
"We are, how you say, getting in sync, no?" Fifi then said.
"Well, we don't mind eef ze boys we meet are a different species." continued Cosette.
"Just as long as zey have manners to put a lady first before heemself."
"Hey!" exclaimed Furrball. "We guys can have good manners too, even if we do look sloppy."
"We'll see about zat. Anyway, Fifi has known moi to be a good singer. I do enjoy eet,
eet eez like my passion y'know?"
"Looks like you made a good choice, Fifi." Furrball said to his girlfriend.
"Oui," responded she. "She was ze only one who qualeefied for ze job."
Then, Cosette's cell phone began to ring and she had to pick it up immediately. "Hello?
Oh, bonjour! Oui, zey are doeeng okay. Oui, I'm haveeng a good time. Oh, you deed? That's wonderful!
Oui, I'll see vous soon. Merry Christmas to you too." She closed her cell phone and turned back
to her friends.
"What was eet, Cosette?" asked Fifi looking concerned.
"My parents have made ze reservations and are expecting me over zhere now."
"We'll escort you over there." offered Calamity, trying to be gentleman and all.
"Merci beau coup, Monsieur Calamity." And with that, the four friends brought the gift
bag and headed to the ACME Holiday Inn.
The hotel wasn't very far; from the ACME Junkyard you take one turn to the right, straight
until you see a wall picture of Jeff Dunham with Peanut and Jose Jalapeno...on a stick, finally
you turn left and there was the ACME Holiday Inn. After waving good-bye, Cosette turned to leave,
but suddenly she stopped and stood still for a moment. Then unexpectedly, she ran to Calamity
and hugged him really tight.
"Au revoir, mon cutie coyote." With that, she gave him a couple of kisses on each of
his cheeks and finally left him. Calamity began to feel a little dazed at the moment and a huge
grin came across his blushing face.
"He's going..." began Furrball.
"Goeeng..." added Fifi. Then as Calamity dropped to the ground, they said in unison,
"Gone." The grey coyote soon melted into the snow.

Later that evening while walking back, Furrball saw that Mrs. Cat was still in her library
and he asked for Fifi's permission to go in there alone. He entered the building and saw the
young librarian finishing her duties before going home.
"H-hey Mrs. Cat." he said nervously.
"Huh? Oh, hi Furrball." replied Mrs. Cat looking a little tired. "It's natural for late
returners to be here so please come in." Furrball grabbed a rolling chair and sat down next
to her. Sure enough, he saw on her right hand the pink Argyle diamond ring. She's definitely
Elizabeth Cat. "Are you excited for this? It's only 3 days before Christmas! Is your play coming
out okay?"
"Yeah, it's good." responded Furrball. "Tomorrow, we're going to perform and maybe you
would like to be there."
"Oh, I would love to, but I have to finish the rest of my work here. So, maybe I'll
be there shortly."
"Alright." Furrball quickly changed the subject. "Do you like Christmas?"
"Oh yes!" she chirped. "I love it! It has been my favorite holiday, even though there
was the incident."
Furrball could tell she's looking sad now. "What happened?"
After a short pause, Mrs. Cat began to talk. "It all started years ago after me and
Ryan Thomas first got married." Furrball remembered his name quite well and was willing to know
more. "We had two sons and lived in an apartment just about a mile away. We were getting ready
for the holidays and the youngest was playing with my old hair ribbon. He's fond to these sort
of things, so we decided to name him after his father. But then a fire erputed in our home.
Ryan did his best to lead us to safety and even try and protect the child. Unfortunately, he
perished in the flames."
Tears were beginning to fill his eyes as the vision of the burning apartment appeared
in his mind, knowing that he'll never have a chance to talk with the cat who could've known
about his family. "What happened to the youngest boy?"
Mrs. Cat began to feel sober too as she said, "He was never found. Ryan Thomas named
that boy after him. I don't know if he is missing or gone for good, but at least I know I have
Terrance."
"Terry?" Furrball looked at her in disbelief! "You mean the one from the ACME Police
Dept.?"
"Yes, that's right. Have you met him?"
"Yeah, just recently." Furrball soon heard knocking from the outside, it was Fifi.
"Sorry, I have to get going."
"Okay, it was nice talking to you. Merry Christmas!"
As soon as Furrball stepped outside, Fifi asked, "How was your conversation?"
Furrball looked down at the floor, then back up at Fifi."It's okay I guess, but I found
out something else: The assistant at the library was Elizabeth and I have to talk with Terry
tomorrow."
"Why?"
"You'll soon find out."

By the time the toonsters got to the auditorium, they all immediately ran to get their
costumes ready for the show tonight. Furrball, Fifi, Calamity, and Cosette all met and practiced
their lines together on stage. Then something caught Furrball's eye, a person was walking backstage
with a security mic. He ran behind the curtains to see who it was. It was Terry.
"What are YOU doing here, Terry?" Furrball asked.
Terry replied, "Oh! Well, I received word from the Chief that we had a holiday deferment
from the force."
"Deferment?"
"That means that we have a vacation. So although I have nothing else to do, I decided
to work as a guard in the theatre."
"Okay. That sounds good."
"Indeed. It's a way to protect you guys from any harm."
Furrball then asked, "You keep saying stuff about protecting younger ones and keep them
out of harm's way. Why would you be doing that?"
Terry then responded, "If you talked to Mrs. Cat earlier, then I guess I'll tell you
my story." He paused for a moment then continued. "When I was your age, I was considered
a juvenile delinquent. I had discipline problems and the teachers expect me to be expelled from
the school if I don't listen up. To me, it was easy to pick on those who are weak and even cause
havoc around conventions, plays, and even sports games. I never understood my ways until young
Ryan Thomas came along. I didn't have any interest for him and sometimes I play with him a bit,
but soon I became very close to him and helped him out with his daily needs. And then there
was the incident, while me and my Mom were escaping the apartment, I realized I left Ryan behind!
I wanted to get to him, but Dad said I need to keep my Mom safe and...that was the last I saw
of them. I don't know whether or not my brother is dead or missing, I just know that I blamed
myself for being so careless and when I looked back at what I've done, I know now that I need
to change. By the time I got back to school, I began to crush those who had advantage over the
others, my "friends". From then on, they never picked on anyone again and I vowed to not let
the same incident happen to you guys."
Furrball looked into Terry's eyes, knowing that his reasonings made sense. "I'm sorry,
Terry."
"It's okay. I'm fine now. You better get back to the stage, they need ya." And with
that, Furrball went back to his friends.
"What did you talk to Terry for?" asked Calamity's sign.
"Just certain matters." Furrball responded.
The first performance was a major success and they got a great deal of money after.
The toonsters decided to save the money till further use (even Plucky reluctantly agreed). For
the rest of the evening, Furrball decided to keep the incident of Ryan Thomas to himself and
tell Fifi later; she's having too much fun to feel sorry for Mrs. Cat and Terry.

The final day arrived for performance and tomorrow is Christmas. Furrball, Fifi, Calamity,
and Cosette decided to get some brunch, so they went to Weenie Burger to order a few buttermilk
pancakes. Once seated and finishing their order, they began to have their own conversation.
"Are vous all ready for zis?" asked Cosette excitedly. "Tomorrow's Christmas and I can't
wait to see your faces when you see what I've got for vous all!"
"Yeah," agreed Calamity's sign. "Who would've thought it would be a year since we took
out our Christmas ornaments, get the tree out of the house, and even sing carols?" Soon, the
food arrived and they all started to eat.
"By ze way," Fifi then began. "I saw a construction site and ze buildeeng looks half-
fineeshed."
"What did it look like?" asked Furrball curiously.
"Well, it almost looked like a two-story building and I saw ze sign zat says that eet
weell be a new pet hospeetal and orphanage."
"Orphanage?" exclaimed Calamity's sign. "That sounds great!"
"Eet does." agreed Cosette.
Furrball then added, "Yeah, there are many animals that have been seen roamin' around
the streets, so maybe they'll have a place to call home." The others nodded in agreement.
"Let's hope eet gets done soon." said Fifi as she took another piece of a pancake off
the plate.

While walking to ACME Loo, Fifi asked Furrball unexpectedly, "Say Furrball, have you
found out about Ryan Thomas?"
Before Furrball can answer, Cosette asked, "Who's Ryan Thomas?"
"Do we know him?" asked Calamity's sign.
"Well ,no." replied Fifi. "When me and Furrball saw hees birth certificate while waiting
for our shots, Furrball says zat he has remebered hees name somewhere before."
"What did you find out?" Calamity's sign asked.
"Well, we deed find out he was married to Mrs. Cat, the librarian, and he was once a
tailor who had a fondness of reebons."
"Sounds like a nice fellow." commented Cosette.
"Oui, he does." Turning back to her little blue boyfriend, she asked, "So, did vous
find out anytheeng else about heem?"
Reluctantly, Furrball said, "He's dead."
His three friends were shocked. "WHAT?!"
"He is. They had two boys, the older one is Terry and they gave the younger one Ryan
Thomas. Years ago, back at their apartment, there was a fire there. The father Ryan tried to
rescue the younger one, but perished in the flames."
"But does Mademoiselle Cat or Terry know about your family?" asked Fifi with her lips
quivering.
Furrball hung his head, sadly responding, "No."
Suddenly, a net grabbed him from behind and a voice said, "Alright, I had enough with
you!" His friends gasped and tried to help their little blue friend, but the City Pound Catcher
pushed them away. "You've been roaming the streets long enough. Time for you to head to the
Pound, cat!"
"Guys!" screamed Furrball as he was thrown into the back of the truck. The catcher closed
the security cage to keep the cat from getting out.
As the truck drove away, Fifi turned to the others and said, "We have to get Furrball
back! We can't do ze play weezout heem!"
"Are you crazy?!" exclaimed Calamity's sign. "That guy works for the Acme City Pound!
If no one comes to claim anyone there, it's..." He slid one finger across his neck. "If you
know what I mean."
Both girls had fearful tears spilling from their eyes. "How long does Furrball have?"
asked Cosette.
"Not very long." answered Calamity's sign.
"Zen zhere's no time to lose!" chirped Fifi. "We could steell save heem." The three
ran to ACME Loo, hopefully for help.

Furrball woke up from an unconscious konk on the head and found himself sitting in a
dark room with other cats and dogs in a locked jail cell. "Oh great, the ACME City Pound. One
of the many nightmares of dogs and cats everywhere."
"Hey buddy." said one cat. "You got any cigarettes on ya?"
"What kind of question is that?"
"I don't know. It's something you're supposed to ask when you're in the slammer." Furrball
slapped his head, knowing that he IS in a slammer.
The little blue cat just sat in one corner and began to mumble to himself. "I guess
I can never have a chance to be loved."
"You?" asked a voice. "You feel unloved? Whoever told you that?" The voice came from
a labrador and he looked very gentle. He was also working for the City Pound.
"Well," said Furrball looking more depressed than ever. "No one told me, it's just that
I'm an alleycat. Everywhere I go, there's always something that's gonna give me a bad day. My
friends have good and easy lives with their families, but for me..."
"Wait." interrupted the labrador. "You feel unloved and lonely without a family to take
care of you?" Furrball sniffed and nodded his head. "Well, I don't know if your family exists
or not, but you are mistaken about yourself. You DID feel love before and after you were an
orphan."
"What do you mean?" asked a confused Furrball.
"Well, your parents, while they were still alive, they risked their lives to protect and care for you. You have grown and matured because of what they had done when something like going on your own would happen someday. Same with your friends. You couldn't be in a great school like ACME Loo if you didn't have any companions to back you up."
"Wait. Are you saying that having friends is like having a family too?"
"You can say that. My point is that even though you feel the world against you, there
is someone who loves and cares for you. But being nice to someone when you need them, that's
not real love. Real love is when you give up something for someone who doesn't deserve it and
even helping someone even if they won't say thanks in return."

"So, my friends WERE a family to me after all. I guess I did feel loved by people around
me, even though I didn't feel it at first. Have you ever felt love before, sir?"
The labrador thought for a moment and responded, "Yes, I have, but not at first. I was
divorced and my wife took the kids with her and left me with nothing. I also lost my job and
the bank soon took my home away from me. I was both homeless and penniless, until one person
came to me, not just to give me money, but to give me a new life. Ryan Thomas. He was very caring
and he offered me to help him with his work in making clothes and gave me a good amount of cash
each month. I shared a house with him and when he got married, he gave me the house and all
its belongings, and said, "Mr. Howler, you'll need these more than I do". He was such an inspiration
to me, that even as a City Pound patroller, I even want to build a home for any orphaned pets."
"You mean the building that was under construction?" asked Furrball. Mr. Howler nodded.
"Wow, when will it be finished?"
"I don't know. I tried to console the boss and the catcher who nabbed you, but they
said that there are too many animals in ACME Acres and they'll just get out and run wild."
"That's not true."
"No, it's not, but you can't argue with the top men in the business. I just don't know
when it will be opened. By the way..." Mr. Howler started taking out a cooked salmon and a jug
of water and gave it to Furrball. "It's dinnertime. Happy Christmas Eve."
"Thanks, Mr. Howler." responded Furrball as he ate and drank gratefully. He later took
out his violin and played "Silent Night." The animals who heard it began to feel at home and
they fell in a peaceful slumber.
He soon stopped playing when he saw another patroller coming to him. He was a greyhound
and said, "Hey, Stradivarius. Sorry to interrupt you, but you got visitors."
The strangers were tall and spoke low. One said, "Are you Furrball?" The blue cat nervously
nodded. "We like to ask you to come with us." And without hesitation, he got up, took his violin
and headed outside the ACME City Pound. Mr. Howler looked at him as he left and winked at him,
leaving Furrball wondering why.

When they got out, the three strangers revealed themselves. Furrball was surprised that
it was his friends from ACME Loo! Buster, Babs, Shirley, Hamton, Plucky, Fifi, Calamity, Little Beeper and
Cosette were all excited to see him okay. They all spent two whole minutes hugging each other,
but then when they least expect it, disaster struck. The cat bullies and Johnny Pew all backed
the toonsters against the wall.
"Looks like we hit the jackpot, boys." said Johnny with a mischievous grin.
"I knew we'd find you here." said the shorter cat.
"Sometimes, good things can come out in the most unexpected places." added the bigger
cat.
"Look kids," Johnny then began. "I don't know why you had to care so much for a worthless
bum like him. He's nothing more than a blue wimp who is always unsuccessfull in trying to find
a home and he's always alone when trouble comes for him."
"That's not true!" screamed Hamton. "Furrball is one of our friends. Whenever he's in
trouble, we always come to help!"
"Oh yeah?" said the bigger cat. "What did you do that helped him out?" There were the
times in when the toonsters helped Furrball face the pit bull and even get away from a wolverine,
but that was all they could think up.

"Not bad." said the shorter grey cat. "But if you were us, you would know better that
hanging out with a poor kid like him is bad for your vision and that he is nothing more than
just a disease that will always end up in disaster. Heck, you never paid any attention to him
at school."
"Like, that's why we came to give him a chance!" chirped Shirley. "So like, what if
he is an alleycat who lives in a box? We still love him at ACME Loo and we want to make things
totally right for him!"
"Well, it's too late now." Johnny said with his fist ready to punch them. "If people
really do care about a homeless bum like him, I don't see anyone who would come to help him
or you."
"I wouldn't count on it." said a voice from behind.
"What are you talking about, dirtbag?" said Johhny to the grey cat.
"I didn't say anything." he responded.
"Then I suggest you turn around...real slowly." The toonsters saw that it was Terry
and he immediately started to knock the cat bullies out unconscious.
Furrball even jumped up and punched Johnny, which made him drop Fifi. "Keep your hands
off my girl."
"What, he speaks now?" said the bigger cat quite shocked.
"What, you didn't know that?" said Terry smiling. When he said, "NOW!" the toonsters
started to stuff the cat bullies in a nearby trash can and banged on the City Pound door. In
no time at all, the local catcher brought them in and slammed the door behind him.
"Nice work, guys." said Terry holding a knocked out Johnny Pew by the jacket. "Take
him away." And with that, two other officers led him away.

"Hey guys," started Furrball. "Thanks for busting me out. I know I didn't deserve it."
He reflected on what Mr. Howler said about true love.
"No problem, buddy." responded Buster. "And we're really sorry. I guess we haven't paid
a lot of attention to you in school." The rest nodded.
"It's alright." the blue cat responded. "I get that a lot." He started wringing his
hands together. "Now that we are all together, we can get to the play." The toonsters' smiles
including Terry's turned into concerned frowns. "What's wrong, guys?"
"Well," Babs responded. "The show starts in five minutes and it took us an hour and
a half to come up with a plan and get you out."
"But, how will we get to the play?" asked Furrball.
"We weren't." said Hamton.
"You mean, you gave up our play just to come see me?" Furrball also reflected on Mr.
Howler's saying about his friends being a second family to him.
Fifi wrapped her arms around Furrball's neck and snuggled her face against his. "We
deedn't want vous to spend Christmas een ze Pound."
"But now we're gonna miss the play."
Furrball soon felt Calamity tapping his shoulder. "Maybe not." the grey coyote said,
he pointed at the local fireworks stand and the blue cat knew that the kid genius had a plan.
"Hey, Fifi." Furrball then began.
"Oui?" said Fifi.
"Uh, Calamité a une idée. Mais peut-on emprunter votre Cadillac?
"Uh, oui. Pourquoi faire?"
Calamity's sign then said, "Eh bien, nous en aurons besoin de zoom à ACME Loo utilisant des artifices."
Cosette's eyes lit up and said, "Ooh, vous êtes un habile coyote!" She then hugged and kissed Calamity's cheek in approval.
"Merci, beau coup." Calamity started to blush again and scratched the back of his head.
"What are you doing?" Terry then asked.
"We're speaking to our girlfriends in their native tongue." replied Furrball.
"But we don't do that here." responded Little Beeper's sign.
"Why not?" asked Calamity's sign.
"Well, like, it kinda makes us feel...left out." Shirley then said. The French skunks
and their boyfriends first looked at their friends weird, then at themselves, then back at them.
They said one thing in unison: "HUH?"
Plucky then said, "Well, we don't speak French." The four looked at him and the others quite shocked and they soon turned and shook their heads.
"OK, OK, sorry." Hamton said. "Just what's the plan exactly?"
Calamity's sign responded, "Let's say that our play will begin with a bang." And soon,
the toonsters found themselves inside Fifi's own Cadillac with huge fireworks tied outside beginning
to light up.

"I'm not so sure about this!" exclaimed Buster.
"No worries, pal." Calamity's sign said. "I've checked the trajectory of the rockets
and I'm 99% sure that we'll be able to make it to ACME Loo before they explode."
"What about that other 1%?" asked Plucky.
"Well, in that case, we'll be blown to bits." That made everyone feel more uncomfortable.
"Strap yourselves in, everybody! This could get ugly."And with that, the Cadillac started to
zoom out of the ACME Junkyard and on the road. The passengers of course were screaming like
crazy as they made a left turn and now a right.
"Not bad huh?" said Calamity to Hamton.
"Calamity!" Hamton screamed. The Cadillac was going for a Shell Gasoline truck and it
barely touched its antennae. Then, they crashed into a hotel and the whole building began to
rumble as if it was an earthquake. As the car was racing through the halls, the people in the
hotel started to panick, even the man was sitting in the toilet going, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
There was a possible chance that there was manure flying around the room. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The kids, however, were screaming, "WE LOVE IT HERE!!" After a while, they finally got out,
with the car hood barely dented. When they were close to the school, Calamity stepped on the brakes and the toonsters
soon flew out of the Cadillac and onto the ground. The grey coyote soon cut off the fireworks
and let them go up in the sky to explode.
"Okay, we are not doing that again!" said Terry looking all woozy. "But at least we made it."

It was the final scene of "A Time for Christmas" before the ending song and Bill has
to tell Mary that he felt sorry over letting his work get the best of him and now he wants to
learn more about the Christmas. Mary gladly accepts and invites him over to her house for the
celebration. Then they hear silver bells jingling.
Mary: Hey. Do you hear that?
Bill: It must be coming from the local food drive out at the church. They make a terrific
feast every Christmas!
Mary: Let's go there and then we can go home.
Bill: Yeah, I might even help you get that doll house back together.
Mary: I only finished half of it... Wait. How did you know about that doll house? Did
I tell you?
Bill: You must have. How else could I know? Merry Christmas.
Bartholomew: (comes out as soon as the couple leaves) In all of history, there is no
better Christmas than the one you celebrate now: the one you celebrate with an open heart! Merry
Christmas!

Choir (singing): A time for love, a touch of Heaven
There is a place where we can go to start again!
A time for hope, a time for Christmas!
Can this be the time where I believe?
A time for Christmas!

The audience stood on their feet and applauded as the toonsters took their curtain calls.
Backstage when the play was through, the toonsters all agreed with Furrball that they should
use the money for the construction of the orphanage and surprisingly, Mr. Howler stepped in
congatulating them and saying they will see to the project as soon as possible.

All of ACME Loo soon joined the festivities in their Christmas party with soothing music,
great things to eat, and many friends to talk with. After his violin solo on "Let There Be Peace
On Earth," he saw Mrs. Cat sitting outside on the school steps, looking at the stars. When she
saw him, she hugged him gently and lovingly. Fifi, Cosette, and Calamity soon came out with
him.
"Mademoiselle Cat," Fifi began. "I'm sorry about what happened to vous."
"We all are." Cosette said.
"It's alright." Mrs. Cat said calmly. "At least, it was because of my husband that he
helped me and Terry become the people who we are today." She took off her red hair ribbon and
let her hair fall. "As long as I remember him, I can always feel his strong arms around me."
"Same here." said Furrball. "I don't know if my family is still alive or not, but I
know that I didn't come out of thin air and that it was love that brought me to ACME Acres."
"How do YOU know that?" asked Calamity's sign.
Furrball asked Fifi to borrow the locket around her neck. "It may be half-broken, but
at least whoever my parents are, they are sure looking down proudly seeing their son grow up."
Then the four started to see that Mrs. Cat was shocked and she shakingly held the locket.
"Where did you get this?" she asked.
"Beats me." responded Furrball shrugging his shoulders. "I just found it in my cardboard
box, near an apartment. Why?"
"Furrball..." Mrs. Cat started, trembling. She reached down her neck and took out something
that surprised the four friends. It was another gold locket, and it's broken in half! She and
Furrball began to put them together and in that moment when it opened, Furrball's answer had
been revealed.
The flashback soon came to his head that before the little cat was being rescued by
Ryan Thomas, Mrs. Cat's gold locket snapped when she tried to escape the building and the
other half landed with his blanket and the impact of the flames sended him flying out the window,
but not in death, but in a cardboard box!
The only word that can come out of his trembling mouth were "Mom?"
Mrs. Cat was beginning to tremble too. "Ryan Thomas?" She began to reach out and touch
Furrball's cheek and even the hole in his ear. The strange feeling soon came back to the little
blue cat, but he knew it was because he was the baby who was in the fire and who got rescued
by the person who he and Fifi were searching for the whole time.
"Hey, bro." said Terry coming from behind. After seeing the locket, he knew it would
be a good time to greet him as his true identity.
Furrball immediately jumped into his mother's arms and began to feel the warm embrace
he had years ago. The other three soon joined in and were hugging and crying along with their
friend.
"Thank you, God. You brought me back my son." Those were the words that were whispered
in Mrs. Cat's mind as she hugged the four lovingly.
As he held the red ribbon with his Mom, Furrball could see his Dad and feel him joining
in on the hug. "Hey, Dad. I'm here. I'm finally back. Thank you so much." he thought in his mind. Soon, Furrball's yellow ribbon came to play with the red ribbon.
The other toonsters watched from afar and smiled at them. "Y'know Furrball," said Buster.
"This also means you won't be free anymore."
"Yeah," sniffed Furrball. "But I don't mind."
"Why?" asked Babs.
"Because I finally found a home." And that was good to know. The toonsters all knew that Furrball's luck and life was about to be changed forever.

Later that evening, Mrs. Cat, Terry, and the four friends went to the apartment where
Furrball's cardboard box once stood. They were surprised to see the interior of the apartment:
it had four rooms and the decor was something to be desired.
"Is this my real home?" asked Furrball astonished.
"Well, Ty Pennington did a good job with the living room." answered Terry.
"Wonder why they didn't show it on ABC?" said Calamity's sign.
"Eet eez beauteeful!" exclaimed Fifi with obvious appreciation.
"And very comfortable too." added Cosette resting on the couch.
The whole group gathered around to hear Mrs. Cat read the Christmas story from her Bible.
She started first at when Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem and explained they have to go there
to bring their firstborn, a son. But this boy will bring hope to all nations, even though they
don't know it yet. Others would come to see him too, there were shepherds living out in the
fields and as the Bible says, "And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the
Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, "Fear
not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto
you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be
a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger." And
suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!""
THe four looked at each other on who the angel was referring to and Mrs. Cat responded,
"That baby that Mary and Joseph were given was Jesus. And that night in Bethlehem was the first
Christmas ever. You see, God loves us so much, that He gave Jesus to come into Earth so that
we'll be with him someday." The words she said made everyone smile including Furrball because
this story is about true love as well.

At Christmas morning, the four friends all met up at Furrball's home and started to
pass out the gifts. The gifts are as follows:
Fifi received: blossom cologne (Furrball), blue skirt and jacket (Cosette), and a locket
that had an anti-theft alarm and inside was the picture of Furrball and Fifi together. (Calamity with the help of Mrs. Cat)
Calamity received: red collared shirt and white T-shirt (Furrball), camo pants (Fifi),
and a rose with a cell phone number (Cosette).
Cosette received: a white overcoat (Furrball), a pair of ice-skates (Fifi), and a makeup
case that has a mirror that can contact any person, anywhere in the world (Calamity).
Finally after Terry gave the four friends updated black video phones, Furrball received
a black hoodie from Fifi, grey jean pants from Cosette, and along with white K-Swiss shoes,
Calamity got him a special pair of binoculars that has X-Ray vision.
Calamity's sign then read, "I think you'll find something interesting in that direction."
He pointed to the East and Furrball can see something behind one of the buildings and after
getting his new clothes on, he motioned for the others to follow him. They soon came to a wonder
to behold. All the toonsters were waving and cheering in front of the newly finished ACME Pet Hospital
and Orphanage. Even Mr. Howler and the pet catcher and his two new cat bully assistants were
glad to see them.
"Wow." said Furrball. "This is great!"
"Eet sure eez." replied Fifi. "The money we gave was enough to feenish this beelding.
Eet's all because of you, Furrball." She gave Furrball a great warm hug.
"Thanks, Fifi, but I couldn't have done it without you or the rest of my friends."
"Hey, Ryan." said Mrs. Cat holding one more present. "You forgot one." Furrball opened
the box, not knowing what to expect and then, out came the red and yellow ribbons as they fly
to the ACME Pet Hospital and Orphanage and hung at the top wall. There underneath them was a
mistletoe. Surprisingly, Furrball looked at his Mom and she nodded her head and he took Fifi's
hand and headed to where the ribbons were. As they got closer to each other to kiss, a voice
interrupted them.
"Hey!" shouted Calamity without the sign. "You can't leave us behind." Both Calamity
and Cosette smiled at each other.
"Why would we, Calamity?" responded Furrball smiling back. "Come on."
When the four got together under the mistletoe, Furrball said to his friends, "Merry
Christmas, guys."
"Merry Christmas, Furrball." they responded. And with that, Furrball kissed Fifi and
Calamity kissed Cosette and everyone started to cheer again, especially Johnny Pew who was still
carrying a new shipment of books for Ms. Greynight (he has to work in the library for a full
month as punishment for trying to hurt Terry's own brother). So, to make a long story short,
it was a Christmas that ACME Acres would never forget.

THE END

(Music plays in the credits: Our Christmas Prayer-Plus One, then Thankful-Josh Groban)

Cast:
Fifi La Fume/ Cosette La Fume.........Kath Soucie
Furrball/ Calamity Coyote........Frank Welker
Babs Bunny/ Mrs. Elizabeth Cat.....Tress MacNeille
Shirley the Loon/ Ms. Greynight........Gail Matthius
Plucky Duck.............Joe Alaskey
Buster Bunny/ Mr. Howler...........John Kassir
Hamton J. Pig/ Pet Catcher.............Don Messick
Johnny Pew/ Terry...............Rob Paulsen

Furrball: (roars) "Whoops! Ahem, sorry! Heh, heh. What I meant to say was from all of us, the
Tiny Toons, to all of you at home... (he raises the rainbow circle up and there stood everyone
who were in the show)

Crowd: (singing) "We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!"