Pretty’s cryptic text read thank you for sharing this horror. She was referring to my photo of the victim in the tale, the deceased bright red cardinal lying in state at that very moment on the lid of our city of West Columbia green trash roll cart.
Carport Kitty – the picture of innocence
Bully Cat leaving the scene.
Guilty until proven innocent!
I caught a glimpse of Bully Cat and a black cat racing past the carport when I opened the kitchen door that afternoon. Not an unusual sight for me since I regularly guarded Carport Kitty’s food bowl from her scavenging enemies or conniving conspiratorial friends. I’ve never figured out which category they belonged to; but I knew BC and company looked bigger, younger, stronger, more well fed while CK remained frail regardless of her food intake.
When I accidentally discovered the remains of the cardinal in the yard a few minutes later, I thought well what did you expect? This is the cycle of the animal kingdom which you have invited into your family. Sigh. I picked the little fellow up, gently placed him on the lid of the roll cart, took a photo for posterity and sent it to Pretty who was properly horrified. Misery loves company.
Pretty and I both agreed Carport Kitty couldn’t have been the culprit. Surely she was much too old and slow with her weak back legs to catch anything. Which left us with You Know Who to accuse.
…and then Tweety Bird said I did, I 100% did taw a puddy tat.
The End.
I'll Call It Like I See It 
Poppy in her youth was a bird slaughtering beast. It’s hard to see our animal companions as stone cold killers. Let me drop a deus ex machina into this drama and blame some unseen hawk.
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Chelsea was also a bird killer, but I forgave her because I didn’t think she was especially bright. I think she expected them to somehow fly away.
The unseen hawk is a good one. I’m sure Bully Cat will use that as his first line of defense.
I told Pretty this morning that God’s eye may be on the sparrows, but He’s clearly dropped the ball on cardinals. Am I right?
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Apparently God isn’t attracted to flash. Sigh …
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Oh dear, is sadly is a fact of life when cats are around 😦 We agree with your deductions though 😉
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Thank you, my friend.
You are a perfect backup!
Thinking of you and your brave trips to rescue the beloved creatures in Ukraine. Very worried about you and your couriers and, of course, the horrendous obliteration of Ukraine. I hope our countries continue to support the people there. With every fiber of my being, I loathe that evil man. If there is a hell, may he spend eternity burning there.
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If we could take him out, things might be a little different…
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Yes. Absolutely.
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