You probably would never know it now, but when I was a kid (pre-ten), I was bonkers for monkeys.  I was serious in my request to have one for a pet. Alas, I was to be perennially disappointed in that quest.  My parents did the best they could though, and provided me with some wonderful stuffed monkey dolls.  I still have them upstairs, packed away.

I’m quite sure we were all thankful I didn’t get a live pet monkey, but I sure had fun with the stuffed ones.  Did you have any outlandish pet requests when you were a child?  Were those requests fulfilled?  If it was, how did it work out?  If not, what was the substitute?