I had a pet once - i would draw a picture of my once pet but alas i'm a terrible at drawing. Btw cats can live a really really really long time. My favorite cat of all time who was the best cat ever lived 22 years. Sadly the last few years my sister kept it with a very mean dog - no the dog didn't kill it but it made its life unhappy so the cat hid under the couch which i thought was very sad for it was truly a wonderful cat. When i would visit the cat, yes i did not visit my sister rather i visited the cat, she would come out and immediately jump on my lap and start purring. It was a wonderful cat. When i was younger and would go on walks - not tiny little 5 feet walks but long 10 mile walks - it would follow me. Every now and then it would jump out of nowhere and remind me it was watching over me. It was a very wonderful cat. Even my dog liked it. They would curl up together and take long naps then she would wake up and bite my dog tail. My dog learned to not leave that tail over her nose. It was a wonderful cat.
Oh well memories are both good and bad.