[DianaB]

When I was about 14 or so I read a book called "Rascal" by, I believe, Sterling North, about a boy and his pet raccoon. I begged and begged my Dad for one and in the spring he had a friend that had found some baby raccoons. We went and got one and it was the neatest pet!! I loved the way that she would wash her food before eating it and how she would ride on my shoulder when I rode my bicycle. I had a lot of people slow down to take a good look. She got to where she would go into the houses (back when everyone had an old fashioned screen door) of the neighbors and once she scared my brother half to death when she was under my bed!! I have some really funny memories of her. I would love to have another one!!