[@Gunther] and everyone else:
the second pet i ever had was when i was in the fourth grade and my uncle got me a kitten. his name was Jamie. 

Sadly, I did not have him too long. Of course, I was already attached to him within the few months of having him. I loved that little cutie. 
What happened was, he had a tendency of escaping the house and getting outside. We often had to lure him back in. I used a can of tuna one time. 

Then, one day, he vanished after getting out. We found him one morning though....after he had been hit by a car. 
I went outside to wait for the bus and there he was....dead....dent in his back and everything. I was very upset. I was still crying when I went to school. 



I have never had a pet of my own again since. Though there have been family pets in my life, mainly cats and dogs though.