Louis Catorze escaping out at The Front is bad enough. We know this because he has done it countless times, sidestepping all our security measures as if they were just air and rolling on the pavement where dogs have done unimaginable things (ugh). But the idea of him doing it from the uppermost window in Le Château, with a literal slippery slope to a sheer drop on the other side, is just beyond the pale. And this is exactly what the little sod wanted to do yesterday afternoon.

I saw his head flick in the direction of the open window when he heard dogs barking in the park. I saw his psycho eyes widen and his fangs protrude (both of which always happen when mischief is afoot). And I saw him do the pre-launch shimmy, with the wiggle of the arse. Each one individually is a bad sign, but all three at once mean Armageddon is nigh.

Luckily, he failed in his mission because the window was too heavy for him to lift. But that didn’t stop him from trying.

Here he is, just like the velociraptors on Jurassic Park, testing the window for weak spots. Clever boy.

No.
NO.
NOOOOO.
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20 responses to “Le royaume déchu”

  1. Mary McNeil avatar
    Mary McNeil

    So the fangs have reappeared ?

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      A little bit. They certainly pop out when he’s in a naughty mood!

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  2. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    Thank you for sharing those three nice pictures with us. Louis really looks as he studies the window.
    😺

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      He would have been out in a flash had he been able to open the window! Not good!

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      1. mmechapeau avatar
        mmechapeau

        Do you really think Louis’ new way of eating might make him strong enough to open that heavy window?
        😺

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          Nooooo! Oh my! That would be bad news indeed!

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  3. Doug Thomas avatar

    I’ve had one cat – Dougy the Persian kitty boy – that was a would-be escape artist. He cost me a $200 reward offered the one time he did disappear, having slipped past my legs when I was checking outside to see if the snow had been deep enough to bury my car that morning. Louis Catorze is much better (worse) at it than the late Dougy was, but Dougy definitely gave me fits since I live where there are many kitty-risky things for outside cats to contend with. Dougy and his brother were/are indoor cats.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Oh my: an indoor cat doing a runner is highly stressful!

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      1. Doug Thomas avatar

        It was very stressful.

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  4. Emma avatar

    He’s so tiny that chair is just like “there’s a cat on me? where?” 🤣

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Yup. He barely even makes an indentation on it!

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      1. Emma avatar

        `I mean, to be fair, the chair looks pretty solid. But it still just doesn’t even notice there’s a wiggly body on it. I can never get over how SMOL KitKat and His Maj are.

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  5. Herman avatar
    Herman

    Thanks… now you got me singing “I Want to Break Free” for the rest of the day… 🙂
    Great photographs of Louis! The ghost of Henri ‘Papillon’ Charrière must be inside him…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I’ve been meaning to read Papillon for YEARS. Must do it over my Easter holidays!

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  6. cat9984 avatar

    It does look like the perfect escape route.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Nooo! Don’t encourage him! 😱😱😱

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  7. Belle avatar
    Belle

    The mothership calls! I must create a new portal. I shall test this location…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      No more new portals! We are struggling to keep up with the existing portals!

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  8. Feline Opines avatar

    Oh my whiskers Louis Catorze, this is a bold and ingenious move on your part. We applaud you! Well, I do, Oliver is far too portly to attempt such a feat but if we had intriguing windows like those, I wouldn’t mind giving it a try!
    Purrs & Head Bonks,
    Alberto

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Nooo, Alberto! This kind of caper must not be encouraged! 😱😱😱

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