Obiwan Kenobi, the flying cat

Posted on December 5, 2014

We used to live in a townhouse that had a stairway that came up from the ground level to the living level, right up the center of the house.  There was a railing around the stair at the top that the cat could snooze on.  One day Obi was awakened from his snooze by a fly.  I should mention that Obi was a champion fly catcher, rivaling Mr. Miyagi from The Karate Kid.

Anyway, this fly buzzed Obi and then landed on the wall between the stairway railings.  Below the fly was a one-story drop to the ground.  Did this deter Obi? No way.  He took a flying leap at the fly, which escaped, leaving Obi with claws extended as he slid down the wall and dropped all the way to the ground floor.  There was priceless, Wily Coyote moment when Obi realized that he’d taken a leap into mid-air without thinking about the landing.  He was unhurt in the fall, except for his pride.

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