An Unforeseen Disaster
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Comment from Karen Cherry Threadgill
Are you still taming critters? Nice tight tale. I live under "Murphy's Law" Whatever can go wrong will. I hope all your critters now are nice ones. What is your weather like? Karen
reply by the author on 24-Oct-2024
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Are you still taming critters? Nice tight tale. I live under "Murphy's Law" Whatever can go wrong will. I hope all your critters now are nice ones. What is your weather like? Karen
Comment Written 24-Oct-2024
reply by the author on 24-Oct-2024
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I still take care of strays (kittens) that need to recuperate weight etc when my friend Wilma calls me for help but I told her no more taming tiny tigers.
Once the kittens are healthy, she finds forever homes for them.
Comment from Cindy Decker 3
Franca,
You had my vote on this one!
Animals are the spice of life, giving us love, joy and sometimes panic.
I'm still trying to tame my beast (Ruby) after all these years.
She uses "intelligent disobedience" to the hilt.
Loved your story, Amica!
Best wishes,
Blessings,
Cindy
reply by the author on 11-Oct-2024
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Franca,
You had my vote on this one!
Animals are the spice of life, giving us love, joy and sometimes panic.
I'm still trying to tame my beast (Ruby) after all these years.
She uses "intelligent disobedience" to the hilt.
Loved your story, Amica!
Best wishes,
Blessings,
Cindy
Comment Written 10-Oct-2024
reply by the author on 11-Oct-2024
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Ciao !
Glad you enjoyed reading about one of my many misadventures.
Thank you also for the vote. I was wondering who was the kind soul that gave me my only vote.
Much appreciated!
Comment from SimianSavant
Haha, so we both wrote entries about defecation for this contest. Nice work Tempeste. A couple small grammar things:
There is an extra period after your first sentence.
while the culprit was nice and dry in its cot <= on its cot
Taped the drain hole, I placed the litter box in the shower <= the verb (taped) is missing a subject. You could say: I taped the drain hole, then placed... OR, after taping the drain hole, I etc.
eight month old stray <= all these words are adjectives of the word STRAY, but they only function together as adjectives, so they need to be hyphenated: eight-month-old. This is due to the Germanic influence on English.
Finally, if you want your text to show up beneath the image rather than right-aligned at the beginning when submitting a prose entry, go to the advanced options at the bottom of the editor and size your image too small, rather than auto.
Hope this helps, and thanks for the read,
🦍
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2024
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Haha, so we both wrote entries about defecation for this contest. Nice work Tempeste. A couple small grammar things:
There is an extra period after your first sentence.
while the culprit was nice and dry in its cot <= on its cot
Taped the drain hole, I placed the litter box in the shower <= the verb (taped) is missing a subject. You could say: I taped the drain hole, then placed... OR, after taping the drain hole, I etc.
eight month old stray <= all these words are adjectives of the word STRAY, but they only function together as adjectives, so they need to be hyphenated: eight-month-old. This is due to the Germanic influence on English.
Finally, if you want your text to show up beneath the image rather than right-aligned at the beginning when submitting a prose entry, go to the advanced options at the bottom of the editor and size your image too small, rather than auto.
Hope this helps, and thanks for the read,
🦍
Comment Written 08-Oct-2024
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2024
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My story was more about a flood due to a tap being inadvertently opened..
I appreciate all the grammar points and will edit first thing in the morning using my PC.
Was wondering if you saw the video I posted for my wee poem titled : Silverback ???
No need to review it .
Keep safe Harambe.
Comment from Esther Brown
Too funny. The "rest" of the story in the explanation had me giggling. Sounds like some rescue operation I would get involved in. Stray dogs are hard enough, I collect people strays. Good luck in the contest. Esther
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2024
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Too funny. The "rest" of the story in the explanation had me giggling. Sounds like some rescue operation I would get involved in. Stray dogs are hard enough, I collect people strays. Good luck in the contest. Esther
Comment Written 07-Oct-2024
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2024
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Sadly there are all sorts of "strays' that need help.
I have more faith in animals so they are my goal.
Taking care of the homeless must be very hard physically and emotionally.
Bless you for being there for them.
Comment from F. William Lester
I hope the cost of drying the house out wasn't exorbitant. Lucky it was only the first floor. It could've been a lot worse. Thanks for sharing your story. Good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2024
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I hope the cost of drying the house out wasn't exorbitant. Lucky it was only the first floor. It could've been a lot worse. Thanks for sharing your story. Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 07-Oct-2024
reply by the author on 08-Oct-2024
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It was winter so we set the heating on 13 C ( we have cast iron radiators) which was enough for the pussy seeing she had been living outside in the cold.
We left the beams under the furniture until Spring just to be on the safe side.
She did chew the new window frame a few days later but I didn't say anything to my father until months later.
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With the exception of the window, it sounds like it all worked out. Have a wonderful day.
Comment from Sugarray77
Hello. You did a great job with developing this story for the Good Idea contest. You never know what the history of each stray pet has been. He learned that trick from somewhere. Good work and good luck.
Melissa
reply by the author on 07-Oct-2024
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Hello. You did a great job with developing this story for the Good Idea contest. You never know what the history of each stray pet has been. He learned that trick from somewhere. Good work and good luck.
Melissa
Comment Written 07-Oct-2024
reply by the author on 07-Oct-2024
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It was an accident, jumping up she pushed the tap up .. had it been a normal tap and not one you swish nothing would have happened.
I sure cried.. come to think of it , had it happened during the night it would have been even more disastrous cause the rooms are low . Stepping in you stepped down a step so at least 10 cm of water would have flooded the apartment before starting to seep out from the front door.
Comment from Nicki.B
Oh no! The least unexpected thing happened, your Dad said exactly what I would have said in fairness to him! What a cat-astrophe lol! He really joined your home with a memorable experience!
Well done and thanks for sharing.
Best Wishes
Nicki
reply by the author on 06-Oct-2024
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Oh no! The least unexpected thing happened, your Dad said exactly what I would have said in fairness to him! What a cat-astrophe lol! He really joined your home with a memorable experience!
Well done and thanks for sharing.
Best Wishes
Nicki
Comment Written 06-Oct-2024
reply by the author on 06-Oct-2024
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It sure was a CATastrophe. Thinking back it could have been worse had she turned the faucet on during the night.
Thank god I had put a thick plank under her cot to protect her from the cold floor .... at least SHE was dry during the ordeal.
Thank you for reading and leaving a comment!
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Of course she was safe and sound and dry, cats seem to have that vibe lol!