mark@hp-pcd.UUCP (mark) (12/17/83)
#N:hp-kirk:17400005:000:1003
hp-kirk!mark Dec 15 10:47:00 1983
My first experience with cats and Xmas trees was very interesting.
The cat sniffed the tree very cautiously, walked around it a couple
of times, prodded at an ornament or two, and gradually grew somewhat
bolder and more aggresive. She soon was madly playing with the
ornaments, succeeded in knocking one down, batted it around the room
for a little while and then took off in a mad dash straight at the
tree. She ran right up the thing to about three feet from the top
and despite the mess and emotional trauma for the cat, I must have
laughed uncontrolably for 5 minutes at the sight of tree slowly
falling over with the cat clinging to the upper branches.
We now use a more sturdy base and we also cover the water pan, but
I still find the combination of a cat and Xmas tree to be one of
the more enjoyable aspects of Christmas.
Mark Rowe
hplabs!hp-cvd!mark
Corvallis, Oregon