Yesterday after work I came home and went upstairs. When I took Samba out for her walk I noticed a cat climbing up the tree in front of our Condo. I didnt think much of it until about 6:15pm (1 hour later) when I could hear it meowing and trying desperately to get down. I went out to see if I could get it to come down by calling it. I noticed the cat looked familiar. I ran over to the neighbors to see if Sparta was missing. Indeed he was!
Sparta was even with the 3rd floor of the complexes! (there were no low branches for him to get down onto...just the split trunk, and a few sticks here and there.)
Quite the crowed had gathered , when all the kids started yelling "Call the fire department!" haha all the parents were trying to explain that they don't really rescue cats from trees!
One of the adults went and got a fire escape ladder that got wrapped around the tree, then the kids held it while Tyler (Neighbor) climbed up to be the hero! Ha ha! It was quite the neighborhood effort!
Once Tyler got the cat to let go of the tree and let him grab him he just threw sparta down 3 stories into a blanket a group was holding out to break the fall.
2 hours later the cat was out of the tree, and the kids were thrilled. It was pretty fun to see the neighborhood effort though.
Moral of the Story: Next time you're climbing a tree don't follow the typical instructions of "Don't look down!" you should probably stop every once in a while to see how high you are so your neighbors don't have to come rescue you too! **wink**
1 comment:
HA! Awesome Story!
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