Pets

I know friends can’t be replaced with anything else. But if you don’t have any friends, you can at least try to find something to love. That’s why I decided to get pets. We already have pets, but none of them are really my pets. The cats don’t like me because as a child I didn’t know how to play with animals. I would accidently(!) scare and hurt them. And the dog likes me, but I feel no connection with dogs. I’ve wanted my own pet for a while now, first I wanted to get a bearded dragon (it’s a kind of lizard), but they are really expensive because of their food. Then I remembered that my brother had rats when he was about my age. First my mom thought it wasn’t such a good idea because of the cats, but my brother convinced her that it didn’t really have to be a problem as long as I didn’t let my rats outside their cage while the cat was in my room. So my mom allowed me to have rats. I’ve done research on rats, what they eat, how often you have to clean their cage, things like that. And I went to the store to ask about how much it would cost. But first I have to make my room ready, I’ll have to do something about the wires and I’ll need something to put the cage on. So me and my dad are going to make my room ready, and we’re starting tomorrow. This isn’t anything impulsive, don’t worry, I’ve really thought about it for quite a long time, but it’s only a few days ago my mom decided I was allowed to have rats. And I’ll upload a picture of them when I get them. And I can’t decide on the names, so far I have: Crash&Eddie (after the two opossums in Ice Age 2&3), Jekyll&Hyde/Dr. Jekyll&Mr. Hyde, Fred&George (after the Weasly twins in Harry Potter) and Sherlock&Watson/Sherlock Holmes&John Watson. My dad thinks I should call them Nick&Simon (they’re a Dutch singing duo and they’re quite terrible, my dad thinks it would be funny to name your rats after them, I think it would be an insult to all rats on earth). And I suddenly realize that Sam&Frodo would be cool too, because I like LOTR. What do you think? My dad thinks I’ll have to go for Crash&Eddie, but I think Jekyll&Hyde would be very cool too. And my brother thinks I should call them Sherlock&Watson. And please don’t vote for Nick&Simon, I’ve already decided I would never name a pet after those two idiots. Please comment on your favorite names (you can make up names too that you think would be cool, but they have to be two male names).

M.