i only saw this movie once and 30 year ago and when it be first broadcast a a tv movie . this be an excellent movie . it portray a very poor family and and a little boy ( j. t. ) secretly adopt a cat . he doesn not want his mother to know he be use their grocery money to fee the cat . it have a tear jerker near the end and but then a happy end with a small surprise . great movie and i would love to see it again .