Monday, June 22, 2015

How to Trap a Cat

Step 1 : Encourage the cat to jump in the basket. Talk about how fun the basket will be.
Step 2 : Watch the cat run away after he feels too pressured. Yell and chase the cat with the basket but just until it appears this will not get the cat in the basket OR until your Grandma tells you to stop, whichever comes first.
Step 3 : Remind the cat that the basket is indeed a desirable place to be. It will be fun. He will be happy. All encouragement should be upbeat and from a distance further than the reach of the cat's front paw.
Step 4 : Enlist the help of Grandpa. After all, the cat likes Grandpa.
Step 5 : Pose for a triumphant picture (that will remind the cat in the future of how much fun this really was).
Step 6 : Watch cat escape. Obviously this cat is a total party pooper.
Step 7 : Remember that with hockey gloves and a little imagination the basket can be a bobsled. Or a rocket. Who needs a party pooper cat anyway? Seriously, this basket is a lot of fun.
Step 8 : Remember that there are 2 cats ...