Posted by Alexis at 10:10 AM, August 14, 2003
well this morning there was
well this morning there was big adventures!
Lets start with last night, as I was tryingt ot get to sleep I hear some noise. I wasn't sure exactly what it was but it was some kind of animal making noises.. I hadnd't heard it at all before.. the people next door have a dog.. I assumed it was their dog making whining type noises... so off I went to sleep..
This morning I awoke. After a few moments I heard this noise again.. like a whining but not really .. I couldn't decide.. it came a few more times.. i started to get all worried becasue it sounded like a trapped animal of some kind.. so I got up but on the uggh boots and the dressing gown and went outside to listen again to find where it was coming from.. it was still dark.. about 6 am.. i couldn't hear it.. I waited for a while so I went back inside..
I got back into bed and tried to go back to sleep.. a few minutes later there it was again.. so up I got and went investigating.. I wondered around outside listening for the noise again.. still nothing.. birds starting to wake up..
I went back inside.. I said to Phil that I can hear something like a trapped animal.. we didn't know what we should do.. anyway then there was more noises.. so Phil got up too and went investigationg around the yard to check everything.. I was getting very worried now, becasue the noise started to get quietier, like the animal was getting very tired..
I was gettign all worried and decided that if I can only hear the noise inside that there must be somthign stuck under the house.. I didn't know what to do.. While Phil was in the shower i called hi folks place to ask for some advice.. Hilton siad just leave the gate open and it will come out on its own..
so out i went to the otehr side to open the gate.. when i got there I realised that an entire section of the under boards still hadn't been put up so there was no point in opening the gate.. so i sat at the big hole and called under hte house.. i was shining the torch to have a look for what ever it was.. then I saw the eyes twinkling.. it was a CAT!... and it ws just sitting looking at me.. it was making soem more pathetic meow noises... it didn't move and just kept looking at me.. I caleld for it to come out.. but no.. it just sat.. I was very worried now.. becasue it wasn't moving.. it was still meowing and so i thought it was stuck..
so I ran inside and told phil.. he was going to get dressed and have a look.. so i went back to the hole and the cat had moved about 30 cms away.. and it didn't look stuck.. so that i got more upset cos it wouldn't come out..
more running around.. Phil suggested that cats are just stupid and do things like this all the time.. I didn't believe it.. cats aren't stupid.. they are really smart.. I was so worried because I just couldn't understand why it would stay under the house when it has seen the exit and new where it was.. I was all panicky that perhaps it had gone under ther and had kittens or somethign and didn't want to leave them..
anyway new plan now.. can of tuna on a plate.. mmm.. delicsious.. any cat would want some tuna.. so I calle dot the cat and looked with the torch.. I couldn't see it.. so I left the tuna and wnet inside.. Phil seemed to think that the cat wouldn't come with me looking at it.. so I went back outside and put the tuna ina spot that i could see from inside..
by this stage Phil was all ready to go to work and said that I should go to work and not worry about the cat.. I said that I wouldn't leave till i new the cat was safe so he was just about to go to work... when the cat came out for the tuna.. I yelled so loud with excitement that the cat got a big fright and didn't eat the tuna, but instead made a run for under the gate, across the road and over the neighbours fence..
Hoorah! the cat was safe.. oohh so many tears wasted over the cat..
I am going to go and visit that neighbour tonight to check if it was theor cat.. and make a suggestion that they keep it inside during the night.. phew! what a busy morning./