BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM: a true story

[caty]

It was 6am on a wintry Friday morning in February, when I was awakened by a loud sliding sound from above, followed by a loud BOOM. I thought that a huge sheet of ice had slid off of our roof and crashed outside of our bedroom window. But then boom boom boom boom came from upstairs and my husband woke up. We jumped out of bed as we heard BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM. Then the sounds started coming from the upstairs room above us. It sounded as though the roof of the house was caving in. “What’s happening” I cried. “I think a plane has swiped our roof” my husband said. Then boom boom boom boom.



We ran into the hallway just in time to see our cat, Miss Kitty, running from the stairway with a white plastic shopping bag attached to her hind legs. And our other cat, Cuddles, running close behind her. My husband caught Miss Kitty to free her from the bag, while I ran upstairs to see what had caved in. Nothing—everything looked fine. When I came downstairs I saw two empty boxes of shotgun shells lying at the foot of the stairway with shotgun shells scattered around.



Now, Miss Kitty loves those plastic shopping bags. The day before, my husband had bought those two boxes of shotgun shells to take up north for hunting season. He put the bag of shells in a basket in our bedroom. Miss Kitty must of gotten into the basket to play with the bag when her hind legs got tangled in the handles of the bag. She must have panicked and took off running. The sliding sound I heard was when she jumped out of the basket dragging the bag of shells behind her. The crashing sound was when the heavy bag hit the floor the first time. All the other “booms” were from the bag hitting the floor behind her as she ran up the stairs and all around the upstairs. Then, back down the stairs where the bag broke open spilling those shot gun shells. Cuddles was probably trying to rescue Miss Kitty when she was running behind her. I can almost imagine Cuddles shouting to Miss Kitty, “stop and I’ll get it off of you!!!!”



And, I always thought that cats were the quiet pets.

[Misunderestimator]

1. Crazy cats!

[caty]

2. AW!

Another plastic bag lover I see.

[El Fuego]

3. Ha ha!

There's never a dull moment when you have a cat!

[caty]

5. Picture my husband

and I, each standing on our side of the bed, looking up at the ceiling, and wondering what the hell was happening. I don't know which is funnier. That picture or what was actually happening.

[kedrys]

4. Socrates just digs through the bedroom trashcan for anything plastic

A lot less noisy, but nonetheless annoying at 3 in the am... :D

[caty]

6. Miss Kitty

licks the bags. I think she's a "druggie". Rehap may be in her future.