Tiger Tales

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Tiger Gets Lost

Saturday I put Tiger out along with Toffee. Bruce was going for a woods run with Toffee, on the Honda, how Toffee gets excise. When came back he let Toffee in and put away the Honda. We were getting ready to go shopping and to the movie “Blind Side”. Bruce asked if I had let Tiger in? No I haven’t seen him I said. Bruce looked around and called Tiger for about 5- 10 minutes while I finished getting ready, but no Tiger anywhere. I went out back and called Tiger and even walked over by the wood pile and to front of the house, no Tiger. Now I was worried. He is usually right around the house and comes running when I call with door open, but no Tiger.

Fearing the worse I went down to get the mail and look on the road to see if he had been hit by a car. No Tiger.

Bruce mean while decides Tiger must have followed Toffee out into the woods with Honda so he get the Honda back out and make a run in the woods. No Tiger. And now it is getting late and we need to get going to Brainerd if we are going to get the shopping done before we go to the show. I close up the house and put my stuff in the car. Bruce is still looking for Tiger but now on the side of the hill by garage.

We decide it is okay to leave him out side since it is warm and he can hide in the wood pile. The Bruce says I can hear him by not see him. We both looked all over the hill and Bruce still can hear him.

Bruce looks up and in a tall tree we tie Annie to when she is hear there is Tiger at the top meowing and can’t or is to fearful to get down. Bruce goes to get the green expandable ladder and puts it up to the tree thinking Tiger will get the hint come down it. No way Tiger looks at us and turns around with his butt to us and stays there.

Now I figure this will take an awhile. Bruce straighten the ladder and climbs up it to Tiger. I am fearful he will fall and break something but I have learned in our 42 years of marriage to be still. He is going to do what he is going do.

Bruce sets up to Tiger and Tiger resists coming out of the tree Bruce cradles him in the crook of his arm and down the ladder they go. Bruce stumbles with the resisting kitten and misses a step and almost falls but makes it down ok. He sits Tiger on the ground and Tiger is all puffed up and back arched and starts to run like he is going back up the tree but heads for the patio deck. I called him and get him in the house though the garage.

I am so glad they are both ok and Tiger is in. I would have worried about him outside for 4-5 hours it takes us in Brained.

Bruce thinks he was scared of the four wheeler and thinks when get home I should take him for a ride on it. That’s not happening any time soon.

More tales of Tiger later