"Eww! What are the tadpoles doing in your room?" my mother asked in horror as my first pets moved into my room. They weren't tadpoles, but small fish that still had to unfold their beauty, but that didn't interest my mother at first. At least not until the first fish grew up and I even got my own aquarium. And if one of the family members died, a big state funeral took place in the garden, to which of course attendance was obligatory. The dream of dog, cat and horse came true for me only in my adulthood. But woe betide those who think it could still get boring ...