Tiger Baby

Tiger Baby
My cat, Tiger Baby, was the best cat in the entire world. I loved her as much as I loved any member of our family. In fact, everyone in my family treated her as if she were a human being. I was in the fifth grade when I got her. I begged and begged to get a kitten. Finally, one day when I came home, she was curled up in the fuzziest, cutest, tiniest gray ball I had ever seen. It was love at first sight. It took her some time to get used to everything, but when she did, she became queen of the household. I took her everywhere with me and played everything with her. She followed me everywhere, and she slept with me every night. She would always sleep beside my head. She told everyone what to do. We always knew exactly what she wanted, and she always got her way.
When my baby brother was born th...