Cat pulls out stuffed animals?

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My newest cat, about a year old now, has a fascination with stuffed animals right now. It's hard to say when this began, but I just started to notice it recently. While I was sitting on the couch one day, he entered the room and was crying. I look over to see him dragging a decent sized stuffed animal in his mouth, through the living room. All the while, he was crying. He continued to do this until I tried to get up to get my digital camera, at which point he let go of the stuffed animal and headed off to do other kitten things. A few days later, I find him doing this again. This time, he stopped dragging the animal and - while still holding it in his mouth - got on top of it and began pawing at the animal with both his front and back legs. He would also cry while doing this (although not non-stop like he does when dragging the animal). The next day, I awoke to a stuffed animal in the middle of the living room, and later in the day he once again grabbed part of it in his mouth, stood on it, and began pawing away. I have a good number of cats, and this is the first time I've seen any of them do this.