Fur Real Spooky Friend

My daughter has been asking for a "talking cat" for Christmas. She's also been asking for a pony, a castle, a princess, a baby, and a lot of other things, but the "talking cat" keeps coming up over and over. I'm not sure where she got the idea, but I did a little looking around and found last year's "it" toy, the FurReal Friends Cat. I'm sorry, I LOVE cats, but this thing creeps me out, it looks a half-step away from roadkill, and my daughter is a lot more easily spooked than I am (reference the brand new, tags-on rocking horse that remains in the garage, banned there by her for two years now).

A pony isn't sounding so bad after all.