All creatures dim and small

Brooke just got home from her allergy shot. Muggle was sitting on the back step. Muggle is an indoor cat. You might say to yourself, “How would Muggle have gotten to the back step if he’s an indoor cat?” I would interrupt your private conversation and tell you that Muggle has a habit of breaking out of the house via window screens.

Earlier this season, I repaired two screens by removing the framing, resecuring the screen, and nailing down a new piece of screen bead. Both are screens that Muggle used to make a break for it. A third escape screen was so damaged that I’ll need to have a whole new 50x30inch piece of screen cut for it. Each time, we have come home to find him on the doorstep, though he has not consistently appeared at either the front or back door.

This time, he wasn’t alone. Joining him on the back step were a dead vole and a pile of vomit. He broke out of the bathroom window, ate grass, killed a vole, puked up his breakfast, and sat there waiting for Brooke. When she opened the door, he dashed in for more food.