Friday Cat Blog

The kitties' new toy

Smoke, the fearless hunter, caught a locust one night. He brought it into the house for the enjoyment of the entire family.

It was great fun for about an hour. The locust flew from room to room, buzzing and crashing into walls. The kittties took turns chasing it and leaping into the air to catch it.

Then, the wings stopped working ...

The exhausted and damaged bug landed in the upstairs hallway.


Grace:"Hmmm, so this is what it looks like close-up."


"It's buzzing! And it's moving ... doesn't smell like much, though."


Smoke: "Hit it, Bandit! See if you can get it to fly again!"


Bandit: "Do you think we broke it? It's not doing anything."


"I'll give it a little push. Maybe that will jump-start it."


"Oh, oh. This is not good. It's laying on its back and waving its legs at me."


"It's not working. Nothing is working. The darn stupid thing won't play anymore."


"I've got one last idea. I'll push it down the stairs. That should make it fly again!"


Nope, sorry kitties.
The locust never flew again.
It did get to go for a swim though.
In the toilet.

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