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Sa Majesté Louis Catorze, Le Roi Soleil, supreme ruler of Le Château, sworn enemy of canine foe and scourge of Ocado delivery drivers.

La peur des hauteurs

What’s the thing you’re most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it?

I thought, at his age, that Louis Catorze would be too scared to try death-defying acrobatics, on account of his creaky old bones. Yet here we are.

I didn’t have to dare him, bribe him or even put up a sign saying, “No death-defying acrobatics”.

I have no words. 

What.
The.
Hell?

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27 responses to “La peur des hauteurs”

  1. Kate Crimmins avatar
    Kate Crimmins

    Getting ready for the Olympics!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Noooo, his athletic days are long gone!

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      1. Kate Crimmins avatar
        Kate Crimmins

        I don’t think so. He thinks he is still very athletic.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          He didn’t even do anything useful whilst up there. He sniffed every inch of door and wall in a suspicious manner, then jumped down.

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          1. Kate Crimmins avatar
            Kate Crimmins

            Checking the perimeter for intruders.

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            1. iamthesunking avatar
              iamthesunking

              Or making sure my magickal protections were wearing off, to allow as much evil in as possible!

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  2. Lou Carreras avatar
    Lou Carreras

    The Grey Menace would jump at you from the top of the refrigerator. But even he never tried this stunt!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Good grief! Would he actually try to hurt you?

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      1. Lou Carreras avatar
        Lou Carreras

        Just a friendly jump onto your chest to remind you who the boss was.

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  3. Audrey Driscoll avatar
    Audrey Driscoll

    Nice action photos! I hope he landed safely.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      He did. But I wouldn’t like him to do this again!

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  4. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    A cat doesn’t know it is aging. And Louis is not that old. Have a look at your three pictures., we are provided proof via them 😺.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      He’s no spring chicken, that’s for sure.

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    2. mmechapeau avatar
      mmechapeau

      Timon, who is not yet 5, is far from being such an acrobat 😺.

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      1. iamthesunking avatar
        iamthesunking

        They’re all so different, aren’t they? It’s so funny.

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  5. Herman avatar
    Herman

    Did he jumped on your shoulder…?? 😹

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      No, he jumped from the sofa! It’s still some way, plus the swinging door is a moving target, so I’m not quite sure how. Or why.

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  6. livinglandwales avatar
    livinglandwales

    He’s still doing his aerobics…. A friend’s cat who is a sprightly 20ish still hunts. There is still a trepidation that a furious semi-naked blackbird will shoot out just over our friend’s head as he opens the front door..

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Still hunting at 20+? Oh my goodness!

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  7. alicephilippa avatar
    alicephilippa

    Mine use to leap from the tops of doors for years. The best of them was the late Tabbi Kat. She’d climb the glazing bars of the door then leap onto the sofa.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Hahaha! Was she just doing this for fun?

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      1. alicephilippa avatar
        alicephilippa

        Fun might be the wrong interpretation, scaring the bejeezus out of me as she landed on the back of the sofa may be closer. Even better if I’m in the middle of drinking a mug of tea.

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  8. RasmaSandra avatar
    RasmaSandra

    Every time my cat Freddie jumps to the top of a tall bookcase I have I hear his claws scrapping against the top and I am glad he made it safe. He does not thump to the floor though he thumps onto a table just below when getting off, If Louis insists on acrobatics then you can sing a little bit of the sentence of the song I sing to Freddie when he does this – It’s the daring cat on the flying trapeeze…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Noooo, we mustn’t encourage them! No more trapeze acts! 😱😱😱

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  9. Penny Cooper avatar
    Penny Cooper

    Errrr yeah, Merlot doesn’t do that!! Alice’s Theo does, if an open door is handy he would even jump from on high and somehow balance his large body on the top to sit and watch the world go by!

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  10. cat9984 avatar
    cat9984

    Very nice. We had a cat who would jump from high places onto people. It was very disconcerting. We were never sure when she’d jump.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Oh my goodness! Any particular people, or just picking victims at random?

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