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My father is always talking about how a dog can be very educational for a boy. This is one reason I got a cat.Dave Mitchell and his father yell at each other a lot, and whenever the fighting starts, Dave's mother gets an asthma attack. That's when Dave storms out of the house. Then Dave meets Tom, a strange boy who helps him rescue Cat. It isn't long before Cat introduces Dave to Mary, a wonderful girl from Coney Island. Slowly Dave comes to see the complexities in people's lives and to understand himself and his family a little better.

戴维和爸爸处处唱反调：音乐、发型，甚至养宠物。爸爸认为养狗对男孩有教育意义。可是，戴维偏养了只猫，索性叫它“猫咪”。父子俩每次大吼大叫，妈妈就会哮喘病发作，戴维愤而冲出家门，向爱猫邻居凯特阿姨倾诉。他跟着“猫咪”在城市里冒险，遇见了辍学大男孩汤姆、可爱的女孩玛丽……渐渐地，戴维理解了爸爸：尽管他们还有许多意见分歧，但至少都觉得养一只猫会受益匪浅——尤其是“猫咪”这样的猫。