Jack and the Tale of Errant Yarn

Jack in the Cupboard
Originally uploaded by emmasdaughter

Mom's been knitting again. When she does that, I have to hide. Hide and make my attack from a hidden location. If she sees me, the yarn, the slinky, slippery, jumpy yarn gets hidden. So here I sit, awaiting the opportune moment. The moment that the yarn isn't aware of me, the Captain of Jack, the attack trained kitty. That is the moment I shall POUNCE! Capture the errant stringy stuff and bring it back to my kitty lair for later consumption.

Oh, Hairballs! She put it away!!!!

This yarn has been driving me crazy. It changes colors! Does it change flavor as well? She sez it is the leg of a sock and won't let me test it on my head. Every time I even touch it with my paw, she sez "No, Jack!" no jack no jack no jack... And then, to make matters worse! It grew into a long tube thing with a sharp turn and a dead end! What is up with that?
If that isn't enough, she has this long thing...she calls it a scarf. I call it a long thing, that is hiding a scary face! She sez it is for Hijo Segundo, whoever that is. All I can say is I am a skeart of it.
I overheard her say that if I, the Captain of Jack, are not careful, she will make one for me! Think I will stay in hiding.

That's all, you can go away now.

Captain Jack Explores His Moods

Not only do I, the Capt of Jack, enjoy wool rugs, but I am a moody Kitteh too. Sometimes I am an angry Kitteh, sometimes I am green with envy cuz that dog Jezzabelle gets all the attention. Other times, I just want to fade into the ugly wallpaper and become a "Wall Kitteh" and then, pop out and become the "In your face Kitteh". Yes, I am the Capt of Jack!

Captain Jack says

Sleeping on wool is good for the belly. You can bite it, chew it, throw it up like a hairball 3 days later. Yum.

Jack Lives In My Room

Now for the learning to begin. For a picture to really look good in a post, you must be able to do different things with the placement. Jack knows this. He is always moving and posing. He wants to know how to get the script to flow around him rather than be above or below. He knows it can be done. But how? Well, since I have all the fingers and the prehensile thumb, it is my assignment to figure this out.