Lesson in Piracy #1

Happy Tuesday Everykitty! Today, we will begin what we hope will turn into a series of cat piracy lessons! This first lesson is a lesson in the art of agility! In order to be a good kitty pirate, you must be agile and be able to climb and manuever all over the pirate ship when the waves are tossing it about. How do you practice your pirate manuevers if you do not have a pirate ship handy? Quite simply - you improvise!

In this lesson, Captain Jack will demonstrate his agility pactices on human furniture. To make the lesson more effective, you may wish to do as Jack did, and choose a piece of furniture that you are not technically allowed on - in this case, Mommy and Daddy's entertainment center.

Jack begins by first jumping up onto the tv and looking into all of the small cubbies. This is good practice for searching for hidden treasure aboard enemy ships.

Next, Jack must manuever to the top of the ship because only here can a kitty take control of the ship - and pilot away with the stinky goodness booty. In order to do this, a kitty must move from his boarding area on the bottom of the ship to the top of the ship. As you can see below, Jack is beginning to move to the top of the ship by finding paw holds to use to move upward.

You will notice that Jack also demostrates his agility here by carefully choosing the shelf right above the shelf holding Mommy's Irish crystal glasses. Had he choosen the Irish crystal shelf, the practice would have ended immediately.

Finally, Jack makes it to the top of the entertainment center, we mean enemy ship!

This is the time when you survey your domain! Yes, you have successful boarded and taken over the enemy entertainment center - we mean enemy pirate ship! You earned your victory, so savor it and that savoring includes meowing at any silly bean who grabs the flashy box and takes your picture!

With practice, you too can be an agile kitty pirate just like Captain Jack! Until the next lesson, keep practicing and Me-Arrrrrrggggg!!!!!!!