Cat astrophe

The Snark

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The roof over the porch is pretty steep. About 45 degrees. 8 feet from the hip to the eave. The normal modus operendhi is a dash up from the porch around the corner up to the hip then slowly inch her way back down, load and leap into the window. No problem.

It's been raining, misting, moisting, dampish. Doors swell and don't shut right. Remove, plane, reinstall. While I'm at it, Thai manufacturing is sometimes not up to snuff. Go to open the door and the knob comes off in your hand or the latch doesn't withdraw, leaving you trapped, glad there isn't a fire, and considering climbing out the window. Before final assembly I took the door latches and locks apart, leaned out the window and gave every moving part a good squirt with the WD40.

Let the cat out onto the porch. 5 minutes and meow time. I go and open the window. It starts inching down the roof. Something is wrong. Anti lock brake system is failing. The rear end fishtails. All four wheels into reverse! Nope. 3 don't work. Sideways. Ballerina time. A pirouette, a little glide. Inertia law 2 is winning. Scramble and backwards, still losing ground. WD40 is amazing stuff. Full throttle! Bad idea. Only the wheels on the left side gain traction. Gallop? Nope, you're a cat and that's a somersault. Writhe wriggle and get feet under again. Success! But a little late. Hurl self sideways! Nope. Claws get the edge on one side. I've been telling you you're a lard butt, gal. It flops, veers, and the lard progresses. Claws of both front wheels grab momentarily, it appears to try to grab the edge with it's chin. Claws slip. Plaintive MEOOOWWW and it's gone.

I've got the camera out now on the chair by the window. The cat firmly refuses to go out on the porch. Honest! I did NOT plan that! Now, are you sure you don't want to check for geckos again?
 
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