My niece believes that their cat is part of the family because it has its name and their surname on its collar tag. When her daddy let his beard grow it was ginger and white, just like the cat. I think she's really convinced that the cat is her little brother.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- How could Baby Jesus be born on Dec 25th, get tall, grow a beard and then die, all by Easter. Whew!— Joe
- my brother (10) still believes that if you stick your finger to far up your nose you can touch your brainAnon
- Until I was 23 I used to think the ginger put with sushi was a side of ham.— maari
- I once asked my dad what Jesus' surname was, and he said it was 'Sinclair'.
I believed it for years!— Rebekah - That eating carrots makes you ginger.— Austin
- I used to think that blue was a natural hair color but it as very rare, even rarer than ginger.Anon