Letter From the Publisher

In my parent\'s backyard, there lives a pack of stray cats that seemingly rule the neighborhood where I grew up and my parents still live. My mother, being the kind hearted soul she is, has seen fit to feed this pride of baby lions for what my father tells me is going on two years and $10,000. The leader of the pack is a one-eyed tomcat affectionately dubbed Big Boy. Now, it is important to note that Big Boy has taken on celebrity status and mythic proportions to my three-year old son Christopher. To Chris, Big Boy is the \"meanest and toughest cat in the whole world.\" And, you know what, maybe my son is right. The story of Big Boy is sort of amazing. As a small kitten, he straggled into my parent\'s yard and took up residence with the 10-plus other homeless felines, who no doubt spread word of my Mom\'s generosity throughout the cat network. No sooner had he arrived than one of the