Branding the Kitty (humor)

Well, homeschooling is definitely an adventure, to say the very least. We have been learning a lot about the wild west, the Oregon trail, cattle drives, and other related things from the mid-1800's. I even taught Seth how to make a lasso out of twine and showed him how, if made correctly, it tightens when the cow tries to run away. (A hidden talent of mine.)

Next thing I know, I wake up to find Batman dangling from the ceiling fan, fastened securely, swinging around the room. (Guess I'm a good teacher - but the application was questionable. Lesson for the teacher - comprehension and application are two very different things.)

Later in the day I saw that Batman had been removed, but the string (a.k.a. lasso) was still dangling there with the circle part at the end, awaiting it's next victim (or superhero), to give that realistic flying cape look as it spun around when the fan switch was turned on.

Making a mental note to take the twine of death down later (I was too lazy at the time), I started to walk away. All of a sudden a shreiking, wailing sound sends a chill up my spine. I quickly spin around to find behind me a most horrific site...

Milo, our cat, had jumped up to catch the rope in his mouth. He caught the circle end of it with his fang, which proceeded to snap tightly closed - hence my eyes beheld the nightmarish site of a cat dangling from my living room ceiling fan, wielding it's paws in utter panic and fear, trying to free itself from the grip of a cowboy knot.

To make a very long story short - cat has very sore gums and will be eating soft food for awhile, ceiling fan has one blade that hangs a little lower than the others, and Mom has decided that medieval knights is a really cool subject to study. Perhaps a battle ax, catapult, and pointed lance are a little less dangerous than a ball of soft twine???