Dear George,
We are two Burmese cats, Inky and Ellie. We thought we’d let you know that we have invented a new way into our humans’ bedroom. We could simply go through the door but this is a much more interesting route.
We start from the garden and jump up to a ground floor window sill. We leap from there to another sill at a higher level. Then we spring onto the sloping roof of a lean-to. Walking up that roof we can jump on to the pergola. The next stage is to prance gingerly for 5 yards along one of its transverse beams. At the far end of the pergola there's a hop up to the edge of the conservatory's sloping roof. We climb up that carefully. After progressing along the ridge we jump to the bedroom window sill.
Then all we need to do is to mew loudly until one of the humans finally finds out where the noise is coming from and opens the window to let us in.
What next? Well we jump into the bedroom, down the stairs and then out into the garden to start the whole exciting procedure all over again! What do you think of that?
Inkyman and Ellie
Dear Inkym
an and Ellie,
I really admire your leopard-like mountaineering. Marvellous photos of you on the top of the roof looking down on the pedestrian world of human beings.
This is the outward visible sign of our species' inward superiority over humans. Don't see many humans high up on roofs - except those poor souls that have to put up a ladder to get there. If only we had cat olympics we could show the world what we can really do.
Climbing allows us to practise a particularly good game. We climb up trees and then stay on a high branch mewing with apparent distress. The poor old humans come up, stand under the tree, and make distress noises themselves. Out come a ladder and up climbs a shaky human.
Then, just before he/she reaches up to grab us, we jump down with ease.... game, set and match to us felines.
Simple. So simple. They always fall for it.
George
P.S. Due to shocking absence of my secretary Celia, my comments were a day late... I am thinking of firing her. It's just not good enough.
I think you have too much time on your hands!
ReplyDeleteDo your humans play with you at all?
Sebastian
Hm! It seems to be a good way to stay in shape!
ReplyDeleteGood for you.
Shumba
It's remarkable that you remember the "steps"
ReplyDeleteIt seems like a maze to me....but if you find it amusing....that's excellent. Enjoy
Porthos
Are you "the merry-go-round" of cats?
ReplyDeleteAre you nuts? Why not just knock off that bedroom door and get in?
Diego
You are both beautiful and we love your sense of humor! Excellent exercise to keep your humans in wonder :-)
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Fluffy & Cayenne
This is so hilarious. My Mum's neighbor has two cats that get on the roof of the neighbor's house and just kind of hang out up there. They check out all the gutters, all the roof and then just lounge on the ridge, like Inky and Ellie. I'm not sure how they get up there, I suspect there is a tree adjacent to the house in the backyard they use.
ReplyDeleteI once sit on the roof of a Tibetan temple (after being abandoned by my humans who moved away.
ReplyDeleteNo, no monks or Rimpoches climbed after me but their kindness made me come down. I, since then, became the Alpha CAT in charge with guarding the statues in the temple. Now, I practice meditation - stopped climbing (but I'm much older too).
Pema
Guys, this is an excellent idea! SUPER.
ReplyDeleteWe live in a rowhouse complex -can you imagine if I start doing this ....how many humans I'll freak out? My mommy will freak out for sure. Oh! I can only imagine how many treats she'll offer me to come down "safe". Ha! Ha! Ha!
Love you
Minnie
Oh! I'd love to do this? How old one has to be to be allowed? Is there a "legal age"?
ReplyDeleteYou look SO superior and beautiful!
Vegas
I'm afraid I'm a bit too old for this but, you definitely look amazing!
ReplyDeleteSir Winston
Dear George, here we go again! Where is Celia now? What is her excuse this time?
ReplyDeleteOh! We told you long ago to fire her.
It's not helping you to have that soft spot for her in your heart! We bet she sneaked out to some conference or may be she is somewhere by the water. Why don't you write a book entitled "The sneaky ways of my secretary" ? We guarantee the book will be a hit!
Love & hugs
Fluffy & Cayenne
Inkyman and Ellie you are our heroes. Your ape training is just awesome!
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Cats find their ways… Haha, these two cats are definitely clever! How were you able to know how they were going to go up the room? Did their paws leave marks? Anyway, their names are unique. It's my first time to hear them used for cats.
ReplyDeleteInky and Ellie, do you know what your names mean? :D
Love this - cats seem to love nothing more than relaxing on top of a conservatory roof!
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