Cat Tales

My two "girls" wanted to join in the evening's festivities but their attempts at joining in were more along the lines of being pestersome. Shutting them up in another room only made them howl so we needed to do something to appease them.

Our house had started out as a one-room hunting cabin and had grown to be a two-bedroom home with living and dining rooms also added on. With this addition a new roofline had been built. This meant that our attic was large with the initial roof being the floor of the attic rather than simply having rafters. Because of this we were able to store lots of boxes up there which made it a virtual wonderland for my two cats. They loved their visits to the attic, but, to keep it a special place for them, they weren't allowed to go up there very often.

This particular night seemed like a good time to let the girls have fun and it would ensure that they leave us alone with our guests. Abe pulled out the ladder and set it in place under the door to the attic. Both cats flew up that ladder to wait impatiently on him to climb it himself so he could open the door and turn on the light for them.

While we were gathered around the table eating, we could hear the two cats running about in the attic. They were obviously playing hard but this was their normal attic behavior.

They hadn't been up there long before Flealee came back down with Silly following closely behind. She pranced to the middle of the room, sat down and waited for our attention, her tail twitching all the while. Silly stood guard.

Something was in Flealee's mouth and the moment we recognized it was a mouse she released it. The small rodent scurried across the floor with both cats chasing it while Abe and I chased the cats. With a pounce the mouse was caught again, then, with a toss in the air, released in order to provide more chasing fun.

The poor mouse, fearing for its life, made a dash to the nearest cover it could see. It jumped into the baby's diaper bag! Abe and I were mortified!

Our company promptly left.

When the mouse was too tired to run anymore the cats were no longer interested in it. I was able to catch the thing myself by putting a box over it and gently sliding a piece of cardboard under it. I took it outside and released it.

Submitted by: Renae