This afternoon Royal and I were out working in the yard and Scooter decided she wanted to come out with us.  Ever since Scooter got attacked by the racoon a few weeks ago, she’s real careful when she is outside.  She pretty much is only in the part of the yard that either Royal or I are in, she rarely wanders far.  Well today was no exception, she was resting in the shade under Royal’s truck in the driveway.   Our neighbors happen to be rebuilding their fence and had one side removed.  Did I mention our neighbors have a big dog named Daisy?  Well, Daisy was no longer fenced in and she spied our cat.  A few barks later, Scooter was gone.  I really didn’t think too much about it, our neighbors were right on top of their dog, so Daisy never even made it outside of their yard. I figured Scooter had run like a mad-cat to the backyard and would make her way around to the front again where Royal and I were.  About 20 mins later, we kept hearing this sad little meow, but we could not see Scooter anywhere.  Where did we find her?

Oh yes, here she is…

Oh, could you not see her? Let me give you a close up.

That’s right folks, Scooter had shot right up the tree next to our driveway.  We left her there for awhile, figured she’d find her way down, but she just meowed and meowed.  So, Royal, being the softy that he is, decided he would go rescue her.  He backs up his truck to the tree and puts an extension ladder in the bed.  Our neighbor’s son, Joe, who was helping his dad build the fence, says, ‘you want me to come hold the ladder?’  I was like, ‘Yes, I’ll take pictures!’  I obviously needed to document this, if for no other reason than to show Kaylee what her cat has been up to.

Here is Royal starting up the ladder with Joe’s help.

Here is Scooter’s reaction to someone coming up to get her.  Looks to me like she’s saying, ‘I can’t hold on much longer…’
 
 

Reach, Royal, Reach.   

 

Victory!!! Anybody else notice that Royal has a smile on his face?  Could it be because his precious kitty is safe???

I know what you are thinking folks…Why in the world would Royal try and resuce a cat with no shirt on?  I asked him the same question, he pretended like he didn’t hear me.  Luckily, he didn’t get too scratched up.  Scooter kept clawing the ladder and the tree, she never really turned on Royal, except for once…