Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for November 16, 2023

Defiant of gravity, defeated by causality.

Tiny Hiss indeed. We’ve all been there. Climbing the walls all day, literally, and then you’re so tired you forget EVERYTHING! Do Torties have AAA? Perhaps E.A.T.? Emergency Assistance for Torties!

SNORK!

Quite a sophisticated vocabulary she has there. Elvis, on the other paw, has only to say ‘I told you so’

Tiny rear claws!

Elvis, go get the woman!

Elvis will make sure that she comes down in one piece. He is such a softie at heart.

Experiencing the consequences of my actions—I hate that!

Poor Ora Zed! Heaven forbid should a modern tiny kitten have to face consequences for their actions!

Boy I can’t wait for when Ora Zella decides to climb to the top of the Christmas tree next month!

Well, at least she’s going down heinie first, which is he correct orientation for descending. And she’s not too proud to ask for help. I’m just not sure Elvis is the right cat for the job.

At least the other felines know where she is! Recall when Beatrix got stuck in the tree and required help from the mailman to get down!

Oh no! Who can help?

Puck to the Rescue? Climbing the frame could prove more challenging without a second anchor foot.

We know it isn’t going to be Dad Cat! He’s vertically challenged.

Lupin is more a master of chaos, not assistance.

Perhaps a new champion will emerge, the Robber Mice ? No, they would be wary of this lil’ Fire Cat.

Could it be her forever pal, IGGY ?!?

Maybe it would be Burt. Using his remote DRONE Camera to give a lift and escort to the little gal from the frame.

Well, we know one thing, after the rescue, she’ll forget the contemplated mortality, and go right back to danger ranger school.

You should have listened to Elvis though. You have to face the “cat-sequences” now.

That tiny hiss is adorable! She should have seen it coming, but little ones seldom do.

Preventable????

I can just hear her tiny mews!

Contemplated mortality and wanna live? Experiencing consequences of me action? No cub speaks like that. Too wordy for cub!

I love the second panel. Susan Hayward movie reference? Panel four indeed.

Send for the Woman! Or a Cat of Adventure who wants to try climbing the frame anyhow!

Down’s easy, just let go.

Call the experts. I wanna see Puck in his firefighter turnout gear.

That should be posted in every jail cell and on the fridge of every teenager.

From Wicked (Not to be confused with Wicket): Defying Gravity

Something has changed in climbing

Something is not the same

I’ve never played by anyone’s rules

I’ve always played my own game!

…….

Too late for second guessing

Too late for “I told you so”

This is the result of my actions

But I don’t want to let go!

…….

It’s because I’ve been Defying Gravity!

I know I’ve been Defying Gravity!

I had to try Defying Gravity!

Now how do I get down?

…….

I’ve never accepted limits

And Elvis says “I told you so!”

Some consequences will never change

I had to try, and now I know!

…….

I’ve never been afraid

I still have love, nothing lost

All the friends I love, they love me at any cost!

…….

I had to try Defying Gravity!

I know I’ve been Defying Gravity!

I had to try Defying Gravity!

Now how do I get down?

…….

Unlimited, my future is unlimited!

But right now I want to get down!

I love you all, will someone help me

To get down?

We need that last panel on a cup or something.

After he broadcasts his investigation of the danger of shelves, I foresee Elvis giving one of his in-depth reports on predictable and preventable events.

Ora, too many people also suffer the consequences of their actions but aren’t cat enough to admit it. I salute you and hope you survive.

Puck to the rescue!!

It’s a little bit funny

After being so wired

She’s not one of those who gets easily tired

She don’t have no money, but boy if she did

She’d call a Lyft ride ’cause she wants to live

Elvis can tell everybody

What Ora did wrong

It may be quite simple, but

Now that she’s done

She hope he don’t mind

She hopes he don’t mind about pain he’s endured

A wonderful life is while they’re both in the world

So excuse her forgettin’

It’s easy to do

You see she’s forgotten

The gettin’ down part she once knew

Anyway, the thing is, after all the fun that occurred

Hers are the saddest pleas we’ve ever heard

And you can tell everybody

Ora is strong

She may be quite nimble, but

Where she don’t belong

She hopes you don’t mind

She hopes you don’t mind she’s a busy li’l girl

How wonderful life is while she’s in the world

- Elton John / Bernie Taupin – Your Song

I am utterly in love with little miss Ora Zella :)

I’m trying to imagine when both Baba Mouse and Goldie were Ora Zella’s age, and getting stuck in a high spot, and what they learned from the experience. We know that when Beatrix got stuck in the tree, and was rescued by the mailman -she learned no more trees! - but somehow I think Ora Zella’s takeaway will be very different.

Reckless courage tempered with maturity and experience … hmmm … I’m can see Ora Z as a budding version of Chris Hadfield, becoming the first cat in space, looking telling young aspiring kittens about the first time she was stuck in a high place, and telling them, “Yes, I was scared, but I learned from it, and went someplace even higher!”

Awww! Poor baby. Someone to get The Woman

“I am the constant victim of shocking betrayals, but the villain is always Past Me.”

At that height, she could probably just, y’know…

Let go?

Poor kitten! “Tiny Hiss” so cute!!!

Every time I look at that last panel, I want to see a cat version of MythBusters, only with Ora Zella as a furry incarnation of Adam Savage.

Do cats always land on their feet?

Will rubbing butter on their paws help them find their way home?

Do they see perfectly in total darkness?

Wellll … House door jambs (frames) are made of Wood – which come from Trees! … And Cats – They get stuck in Trees !!

Sooo, this may be a Circle of Life thing (sorta). – For both WOOD / Trees AND TORTIES / Cats !! … Ah, the Wonders of Life !! … :)

My sister warned me about that last panel, yet I still managed to laugh aloud for One Hundred Years. I want that last panel as a refrigerator magnet!

Hoisted by her own clawed petard

When I first got my Kiki as a kitten, she didn’t think I was good for much. I remember the day everything changed. She got stuck atop a bookcase and panicked. After I lifted her down, she decided I was OK, and would cuddle with me and meow to ask for things. Now she’s a “Velcro cat.”

Does Puck have a color chart or graph about the effects of gravity on tiny kittens?

Poor Baby!!

Some of our greatest advancements came from people who heard “you can’t do that” and refused to listen.

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Of course, some of our greatest disasters also came from similar people….

I would think with 4 adult cats in the BPH, they could form a Feline Rescue Ladder to reach OZ!

I have scars from when Waffle decided he wanted to climb the tree like 8-ball did. He couldn’t climb down the tree, but he could climb down me. 8-ball gave him a look like, “Geez, kid, you’re hopeless.” Waffle never climbed a tree again.

You are right, Elvis, but she’s in mortal peril. Do something quickly!

“well well if it isn’t the consequences of my actions”

Where, oh where, is Robin? I have a feeling he would know the perfect term for kitten and her predicament.

tiny hiss :D lol

Poor baby. I hate it when that happens, as I am too short to reach up and grab, and have balance issues that prevent me from using a ladder.

Be there, done that—experiencing the consequence of my actions! Hilarious strip!

Ora Zella fits right in with todays generation. Especially the one’s losing jobs and job offers over the Israel Hamas conflict.

A tiny hiss, how sad.

OT-Mutts

We NEED tshirts, sweaters and mugs of that last panel.

Gift giving corridor is almost upon us.

Lupin must be invisible somewhere since they keep talking to him.

O.T. – Update on Bob the Writing Cat

A PSA, Georgia on FB has posted regarding the last panel….

“So based on the comments today, I’m hearing that this needs to be on a mug immediately, right? (I’ll see what I can do!)”

Keep an eye on her Zazzle store!

That’s the other chapter that she needs to read: how to get down….(tiny hiss!!!!!!!!!!!!)(baby teeth!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Oh my goodness ! So adorable!

That last panel is gold.