A couple of years back I was upstairs changing clothes after work and my wife yells, “The Cat is chasing a fox in the back yard!” I looked out the window and sure as hell, the Big Cat was in hot pursuit of a fox.
Obviously, this was not going to end well for the Cat once the fox thought about this situation for a second, so I went running down the block chasing the Cat that was chasing the fox. They lost me about 2 blocks away, but luckily (for the Cat) that’s where he decided to break off pursuit anyway, so he comes strolling back down the sidewalk toward me and he’s kind of panting and all winded.
So I start to lecture him on how stupid it is for a damn cat to be chasing a freaking predator 2 times his size, like that’s going to do any good with a freaking cat with a Napoleon Complex.
But the cat starts grabbing at my pants leg and hooking his claws in the way he does when he wants Mrs. Grouse to pick him up and pet him. I can’t even get a step in without him grabbing at my pants leg and tripping me because the damn cat has exhausted himself and wants a free ride home.
So here I am walking down the street, carrying this 20 pound Tomcat like a freaking baby over my shoulder and looking like a total reject. People are staring as they drive by on the street, mothers are sending their kids inside and locking the doors, etc.
I’m sure somebody posted a video on YouTube of it, just search “crazy cat guy taking his cat for a walk” or something and it’ll be there.
Grouse