Simple Messages, Life-time Results Growing up in a neighborhood with a farm across the street and parents allergic to fur, of course all animal lovers would think the same thing, just permanently borrow (steal) the animals and bring them home. Starting as a young girl, I would test my abilities and creativity to see how many animals it would take until my mom completely lost it, and how many hiding spaces I could find. (hiding spaces included: dryer, coolers, under sinks, etc) I started off with just the farm animals, then advanced in the neighbors hamsters or cats, which they were not too thrilled about about, enough to the point where I was banned from their house. Although I thought I was relieving a burden off their shoulders