Leela pig was worried. She could hear Emie, but where was she? If she tried harder, she just might see Emie pig. She must believe! So up the mountain Leela pig continued, on and on, as fast as her little legs could go. In the distance she could still hear Emie pig. "I'm here," Emie said, "believe..."

A fine mist seemed to come before her. It was very beautiful and smelled like roses! Is Emie pig in this mist?, she thought to herself.

The beautiful mist cleared at the top. There was Emie, and she was a Guinea Angel! Emie Angel smiled. She looked at Leela pig with love and kindness. "I knew you would make it," Emie Angel said. "You just needed to believe you could do it. Your heart said you could!"

"You know my heart?" Asked Leela pig, "How can this be?"

"Don't you know what an Angel is?" asked Emie Angel.

"Please tell me" said Leela pig shyly. She did not want to offend the Guinea Angel! "A Guinea Angel watches over other little guinea pigs like yourself, and children too," replied Emie Angel. "You see, we all watch over each other. It is love that brings us together. It is love that grows our Wings."

"Does everyone have wings?" asked Leela pig.

Emie Angel smiled at Leela pig, "Guinea pigs watch over children, and children take care of them. Because of this, great love goes out from guinea pigs for children and adults too! We get our wings by loving and being loved by them, and also by believing in ourselves."

"Do I deserve these Wings?" asked Leela...

"The Great Guinea Angel knows your heart Leela," replied Emie Angel. "This Great Guinea Angel sees everything; sees your dreams, sees your love, sees the love you send out and the love that comes to you."

"Oh," cried Leela pig, "Do you think I love enough? Do children and adults know we love them?"

"Look down Leela," said Emie Angel. "See the people? See how they need love like us? See the need that you fill by your love for them and their love for you?"

Leela looked down to earth. She never thought about the effect her love might really have. She did not realize all things need love, need care, and that the whole world was really about the lesson of love, giving love and receiving love.

Now Leela understood what Emie meant in the beginning; she had to believe, she must. All she really had to do was to love and believe in the power of love! But, had she earned her wings? Was she good enough? Emie Angel looked into Leela pigs shinning eyes, and tears of happiness filled her own eyes as she felt Leela's heart...

"I have wings!" Leela cried, "I am a Guinea Angel!"

"Yes," answered Emie Angel, "You were one all along. Only, you did not believe in your love, and see, now you do, for your Wings have appeared on you!"

"It is the power of love" said Leela Angel, "I will always love and believe in love. And every night I will Pray to the Great Guinea Angel to Bless the children, to Bless everyone with love!" Emie and Leela then soared up into the Heavens to greet the other Guinea Angels. There was much to do and so much to share...

Later, early in the morning, Leela pig woke up from her dream. Was it real?, she thought. Are we really Guinea Angels? She sat down and smelled the flowers in the air, and lo, for what was lying next to her? It was a white sparkling Angel feather. It smelled like roses. It smelled like love!!

Leela then knew it was true. Her heart filled with happiness. I can make a difference, she thought. I can believe! And right then Leela said a Prayer in her heart so the Great Guinea Angel could hear:

"May there be peace for all. May there be love. And may my love grow everyday. And may everyone and everything be Blessed!"

With Love To All,
Ray and Diane Rousseau

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