This history began in the beginning of 1997. Then in the winter I for the first time have heard a magic word "CHINCHILLA".The colleagues at work have told to the wife about trip on Chin farm somewhere in Texas, have told what it is charming creatures, what at them lovely tail and eyes and so on.

Alive Chin we for the first time have seen in a zoo, but there was rather darkly and have distinguished just it something reminding to squirell...

In April we with the wife have gone on so-called " the Bird's market ". Have gone so, from there is nothing to do(make). It is necessary to tell that this place looks rather oppositely: a dirty(dirt), crowd to the people, very closely, the poor animals shiver and is frightened look at the people from bags and boxes. Each trip causes one desire to plunder bank and to buy all of them, to rescue them from these boxes... It is not necessary to speak, that all exotic animal- boas, crocodiles, big parrots and iguanas are sold there illegally, contain at the sellers in awful conditions, but it is separate conversation.

We went on pass where the mice, rats and other triviality were on sale. And here, in a small crate have seen HER our happiness...She sat dissatisfied, having turned away to all back and having twirled a tail around of a body. Beside in other crates sat hedgehogs (by the way- we have one now:-)),and this neighbourhood obviously was not pleasant to her...

The people constantly stopped on not ё to look and were admired: " What lovely rabbit!... " The Wife as has seen - has stuck to a crate and repeated as the small girl: " I want, I want, buy, buy... " I have declared what not reasonably to spend 200 dollars on "mix of squirell and mouse". But "cry" in current half-hour can kill everybody...We have returned home through all Moscow, have taken money and have gone back. I carried a small grey lump under a jacket, and mouse (we and called her- "mouse")tried to get out through a sleeve.

At home there was a small scandal the mother has told that we banish from mind to buy "rat" for 200 dollars. The dog tried to put nose in a box to look that there moves.

The first week our grey miracle ran on a room, under a bed and cases, got where only could, did all that wanted.Then we have bought to it(her) the large crate. In general that it was the crate for a parrot, but to be carried on it to our animal too very much it was pleasant.

Somewhere in one half-year we rented an apartment and for Chinny the new stage of life began...