Ain't that the truth....we adopted "Boo" when he fell or was dropped off a stone ledge into our yard by his feral mother....he weighed 14 oz....5+ months later and he LOVES to run around and track me, and try and take me down by grabbing my legs. He still bites some...but amazingly has become a very friendly kitty, who even loves to "interview" others who come into our home.
I have a young cat that my daughter found with its brothers and sisters in the garage of the house she bought about 2 years ago. Feral cats in the neighborhood had torn the vent covers off the foundation of the house and one had had kittens in the garage. The one my daughter kept was the “tamest” of the litter and looks like a tabby. We had animal control pick up the rest. Even being the tamest, we had to have her declawed to prevent more damage to the door frames/weather stripping than she had already done and to ourselves when we tried to play with her.
Now she’s a very playful, mischievous inside cat who likes to play with my Shikoku Ken, play chase with me and my daughter and in the morning likes to come lay on my chest and lick my nose once (and I let her do it ONLY once! lol) she knows I’m awake. And she purrs A LOT! :~)