I wrote a children's book that was based on a chapter out of my childhood. If you can believe it or not, my older brother had a pet sitting business. Yes, I know, whats so odd about that, well, one summer we had every kind of pet you can think of at our house and that included a feisty parrot, cage full of rats and a baby alligator. The alligator was the funnest of them all and we would dangle from the swing set as he would waddle by nipping at our toes. (where is mom in all this?!?…. most likely trying to take a few minutes for her self not knowing what we were up to.) That summer, the alligator got loose on more then one occasion, and since we were the only house without a pool, it found its way out to take a dip in each one. (even being brought back in a trash can after scaring the bageebers out of him.)As I said…. I had a pretty cool childhood.
-Shara