Negative Cat

A child begs his parents for a cat, and they finally relent after he makes promises to care for it and to read for twenty minutes every day. The cat, Max, turns out to tear up things and seems unfriendly, and the family is on the verge of returning him to the animal shelter when the boy decides to follow through on his promises and read, this time to the cat. And the cat responds to the reading by calming down and cuddling up to the boy.

A completely satisfying tale.