MS. KITTY CAUGHT A BIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     Ms. Kitty and Cloe were on the front porch with me. The birds were taunting them on the low branch of the tree. They would take turns flying onto the porch, into a bush, then back to the tree. Ms. Kitty saw this pattern and took advantage of it. A bird landed on the porch and she raced and pounced on it. It managed to escape to a bush, but she dove into the bush, snatched it up and ran to the driveway with it. It was squawking and flapping its wings trying to get away. The other birds flew down and circled her squawking and flapping their wings. She held the bird down with her paw and looked at all the birds surrounding her trying to decide what to do. <> She finally decided to keep the one she caught and ran to the porch with it (and we thought she was the stupid one). Of course Cloe was amazed that Ms. Kitty had a bird and wanted to see it. Ms. Kitty hissed and the bird escaped into a bush. Ms. Kitty was convinced that the bird was under the bush when in fact it had escaped out the other side--which Cloe saw. While Ms. Kitty was occupied sniffing for her lost bird under the bush, Cloe was poised to make her move. However, the bird was squawking and flapping its wings about 3 feet away an IN THE TERRIFYING GRASS. What should she do? As she weighed her options--terrifying grass/catch bird--sidewalk safety/wait for bird to come to her--the bird recovered and flew into the tree. All the birds then flew to the tree and squawked for a very long time. Now every time the girls go out onto the porch, the birds fly away to the pine trees and squawk--but only when Ms. Kitty is out. In fact, if she sits in the window or front door they fly away terrified that she will come out and catch them again. Cloe doesn't strike the same fear in them--yet. If only we would remove the terrifying grass, she could catch them all and KILL...KILL...KILL them for taunting her.