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02-26-2007, 03:44 PM
One night while I was cat-sitting my daughter's indoor
feline, it escaped outside. When it failed to return the
following morning, I found the beast clinging to a branch
about 30 feet up in a spindly tree. Unable to lure it down,
I called the fire department.
"We don't do that anymore," the woman dispatcher said. When
I persisted, she was polite but firm. "The cat will come
down when it gets hungry enough."
"How do you know that?" I asked.
"Have you ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree?" she said.
Two hours later the cat was back, looking for breakfast.
feline, it escaped outside. When it failed to return the
following morning, I found the beast clinging to a branch
about 30 feet up in a spindly tree. Unable to lure it down,
I called the fire department.
"We don't do that anymore," the woman dispatcher said. When
I persisted, she was polite but firm. "The cat will come
down when it gets hungry enough."
"How do you know that?" I asked.
"Have you ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree?" she said.
Two hours later the cat was back, looking for breakfast.