Wow I LOVE these stories!!!! I have a pretty good one, though it came second hand from my mom (who watched the entire thing) because I was not at school at the time and she let them out to play. My first ferret Ozzie, a cute little albino that weighed about a pound and a half, had a nasty little shoe fetish. He absolutely adored my little sisters' shoes (but he would only take one of each pair) but when my room and his cage were moved upstairs to the attic he lost his favorite hiding place. He searched the house for a couple of days (there were no shoes taken) and finally decided to try to bring them up the stairs (about 13 with the landing). He got his favorite shoe in his mouth and dragged it to the foot of the stairs (the shoe was about the same size as Ozzie). He then tried to lift the shoe to the first stair and after about 5 minutes, he finally succeeded. He then climbed up to the first step and took the shoe into his mouth and tried to lift it to the second step. It took quite a few minutes for him to realize that it just wasn't going to work, but "The Osbourne" was nothing if not determined. He then decided that he was NOT going to be thwarted in his efforts and climbed up to the third step (the shoe was still one the second), he then reached his head down and grabbed the shoe and lifted it to the third step. About 5 minutes later Ozzie's favorite shoe was safely tucked under his new hidey spot, my dresser. From that point on I got knocks on my door at least once a day looking for missing shoes, which of course were under "his" dresser. He also smuggled dog food to "our" room, but that's another story. Lisa and the Diabolical Dozen [Posted in FML issue 4455]