When Lucy didn't come inside one night last week, we feared the worst-that she had been taken by a coyote. Instead, Papa found her the next morning- way up high in a fir tree. We tried everything we could think of to reach her, to no avail. Gabe's 20' extension ladder was too short and we couldn't find a longer one. The fire department didn't even have one, and they don't deal in treed kitties.
So Papa got the tractor and put the ladder in the bucket, then asked if I would run the controls to lift him up high enough to reach her. I refused because it seemed like a crazy idea and way too dangerous and I had never used the tractor. So he suggested Alan might help, and of course he did, so I sat in the bucket to hold the ladder while Papa climbed up to get her. Thankfully, Lucy is used to riding on Rielee's shoulders and jumped onto Papa's and he was able to safely climb down with her.
She was one hungry, tired kitty. Ava made her a special bed and she was happy to nap on her blanket the rest of the day.
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