So far, my daughter Emily (age 6) has lost two fish, a caterpillar, a cat, and a pet gerbil.
We had the gerbil for about 18 months after "rescuing" it from her preschool, who couldn't keep it anymore. We had a little funeral service for the gerbil, and from time to time, Emily says a little prayer for her still. The cat died when emily was only 2-3 years old so she doesn't really remember him. Next in line are her pet box turtle (we've had him about a month), my dog Ripley, a sheltie who is 9 years old, and our cat Murray, who is about 3 years old I think. All in good health. I don't expect the turtle to live long. If Ripley lives to "old age" of 15-20, Emily will be a teenager - or nearly so - when that happens. It's not something I'm looking forward to (regardless of how SHE handles it) Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260924 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
