When I was in second grade, my grades were not very good. My mother told me if I got my grades up I could pick a prize, any prize I wanted. She did not know I had read a book about a furry orange tom kitten named Puff. She thought I was going to ask for a bike. She even tried to talk me out of my kitten. That started my journey with a furry family member named Tiger Puff. I played with him as if he were my doll. I would dress him up and put him...