It's not as funny as some of the stuff on YouTube, but I have just laughed my socks off.
Strawberry appeared at the study window, which is a good eight feet off the ground and takes some work to get there. She was demanding imperiously that I should let her in. I wish I could, it is bitter out there, but evil cat would probably not survive any encounter. Also, Strawberry has always waited until I wasn't around to wallop evil cat, so I daren't risk it.
Strawberry got more and more impatient, more and more imperious, reared up on her rear paws to knock for entrance - and fell off!
I know the plastic garden chair broke her fall because I heard the undignified clatter, so I am confident that she is alright. She will be washing herself furiously somewhere, getting very cross and pretending it didn't happen.
Evil cat didn't notice anything. As far as I can see she is almost completely blind now, and completely awkward, and completely frail. Yesterday she spent the afternoon being gently nudged off my throat. I would ease her onto the floor, with due care for her old and creaky bones and then realise ten minutes later that she was back. I lost count of the number of times I removed her. In her youth there would have been an unceremonious dumping on the floor - or even locking her in the porch out of desperation for peace. I couldn't do it to her now.
And just when you think she is too old and frail to last another minute, you get the spectacle of her begging from darling father and showing a lot of agility while she is at it, standing on her back paws while hooking a piece of meat from his plate.
I am considering getting the spray gun out again if she carries on.
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