Mighty hunter
The craziest thing happened today: the weather in Austin was actually really nice. Air conditioner off! Windows open! Let’s go for a walk! I doubt the high here was much past 80, ending several tyrannical months in the 95-100 range.
And so, this evening, we were out in the front yard, enjoying the cool and letting Echo eat grass (hands down her favorite thing in the entire world to do), when we noticed two young deer, similarly occupied, across the road in the neighbors’ yard.
I, of course, immediately set upon redirecting Echo’s attention from the Very Tasty Grass to the deer. She wasted no time in adopting a hunter’s pose, lowering her body and sneaking alongside the curb for cover, and then aggressively moving towards them. The deer seemed somewhat alarmed and paid her good attention. It was quite like watching lions approach gazelles on those nature shows, but for the eleven-pound lion.
That’s about the point I realized that even small deer are quite large compared to a cat. And, noting in particular that their kick might do quite a lot of damage to such a small creature, decided that perhaps this was not such a good idea after all. Fortunately, our mighty hunter was working on getting a good angle, and so she was not difficult to retrieve. For their part, the deer seemed almost relieved to see the situation being dealt with.
I was unable to reset Echo into vegetarian mode, as upon being set down she immediately tore off after the deer again. And so, our time outside had to come to an early end.
I only wish I’d had my camera.
