The animal that was one of the family

Swap stories: your mum or dad first, then you, about the animals you grew up with.

Plenty of families had an animal that truly counted. A dog waiting behind the door, a cat curled up on a chair, a budgie by the window, hens at the end of the garden. Each had a name of its own. Did you have an animal at home? What was it called, and what was it like?

A name, a character, a story