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Title: The fearlessness and confidence of cats
Post by: Christine (Blip) on May 26, 2009, 19:25:40 PM
I treated myself to a pedicure this afternoon.  The salon I go to is on the Fulham Road but, while the street is busy out the front, at the back the gardens are a secluded, tree-filled backwater.

As I was dreamily looking out of the back window, I saw a tabby cat walking along a trellis at the end of the garden.  This got my attention because the trellis is about 30 feet long and the drop is about 22 feet on either side.  :scared:

I watched with my heart in my mouth as the little chap sauntered along his tightrope, stopping to peer up at the birds in an adjoining tree before continuing along without a care in the world.  Shelley (my beautician) told me that he walks along that particular catwalk every day several times!

I watched him as he sat on a safe wall at the end of the trellis: for him, no sense of relief at all!  And it struck me that if you know you can do it, what's to be scared of?

A lesson for us all...
Title: Re: The fearlessness and confidence of cats
Post by: Wibblechick on May 26, 2009, 19:50:22 PM


I watched him as he sat on a safe wall at the end of the trellis: for him, no sense of relief at all!  And it struck me that if you know you can do it, what's to be scared of?

A lesson for us all...

Indeed  :)  And practice makes perfect ....  :briggin:
Title: Re: The fearlessness and confidence of cats
Post by: JackSpratt on May 26, 2009, 22:02:21 PM
I love that about cats. Check this out:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1129816/Pictured-Soggy-moggy-makes-great-escape-freezing-river-drain-ignoring-firefighters-rescue-efforts.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1129816/Pictured-Soggy-moggy-makes-great-escape-freezing-river-drain-ignoring-firefighters-rescue-efforts.html)

 :)