The Decision To Jump

Given that they are supurb, amazing jumpers, it should be an easy one. Not! Tonight I watched Cyrrie contemplate taking the plunge (distance from commode to bed, maybe 2.5 ', with the bed being app 6 " lower)... First there's the dance - all four feet testing the perfectly flat, perfectly unchanged/unchanging surface of the commode (he's on it, what, 10 - 15 times a day, probably more). Then there's the reaching out, patting what - air currents? patterns of ch'i?? Then there's the thinking it over, which can go on for a long time. Then the decision! Sometimes it's a go! And yes, we arrive, victorious, on the alien, utterly uncharted surface of... the bed. And sometimes it's a scratch - off we go in an entirely other direction - onto the window sill, the dresser, or even the floor... How can a poor human expect to understand the multidimensional perceptions and calculations of a ...kitten!!! (Or cat!!!!!)