When I was about 4 or 5 years old
I used to crawl under our fence into the neighbour's back garden and play with his kittens while he was at work. I wasn't allowed to have one myself, which made me jealous and frustrated.

One day, these feelings manifested with me chucking the poor kitties around the garden in a destructive tantrum, i.e. if I couldn't have them, no-one would.

Luckily, the grass was quite long, I was young and weak and the kitties were, well, kittens able to land on their feet. No lasting harm was done (I hope) and they all grew up to be healthy cats.

I still feel guilty about it to this day. Kids can be so spiteful and cruel, I think it's part of growing up.
( chart cat has an itch, Tue 16 Dec 2008, 5:08, Reply)