The other day, we were asked how our cats tolerate us putting things on their heads and then, photographing the evidence. And we said, “What? What?? Who would do such a . . . oh, yeah. We do that on occasion.”
After collecting ourselves, we tried to wave away our admittance with a simple, “Oh, well, we just put a toy on their head and whip out a camera and there you go. Easy-peasy.”
And that’s a fib. Mostly. Partially. Our saving grace is that Tessa is going to show you and the world how even the most annoyed cats are perfectly okay with toys stacked on their heads. Yes, that Tessa, Danger Cat Tessa, the Tessa who strongly dislikes everything (yet who is becoming a love bug – shhhh!).
Step Two: Present a pile of toys for inspection. You will have previously rated these toys for their stackability factor. Your victim, er, your STUDENT will only be interested in their smells. Use this opportunity to take a photo.
Step Three: While your STUDENT is sniffing the pile of toys, pet the STUDENT with a toy in your hand, focusing on and around the top of your STUDENT’S head, and gently place the toy, in this case, a feather, between the ears. Take a photo.
If your STUDENT shakes the toy off, simply start again. And again. And again as many times as it takes for your STUDENT to either run away or, from sheer exhaustion, fall asleep, in which case you can stack 50-plus toys on them and photograph all the evidence you’d ever want.
Step Four: Once one toy is on your STUDENT’S head, try placing another there. Avoid touching the ears with the toys whenever possible as this alerts the STUDENT that something is definitely amiss. Take a photo.
Step Five: Lather, rinse, repeat . . . but with toys. Pet with toy in hand and after a bit of scritching, gently add to your stack. Don’t forget to take a photo! Someone might need this later in a court of law.
And as quick as a flash, Mom placed a blue ring (known as Prince and Princess crowns around here) on top establishing a new world record for Toy Stacking at Colehaus. And there you have it. Here, Tessa sports her flat feather cap base, a pink Princess crown ring, a colorful plaid Boink, a soft pink felt heart and a blue Princess crown ring. Oh, how Mom wanted to place something else on top of that crown. Next time, perhaps! Tessa was SO done with this.
