Firemen really do rescue cats from trees! Really! And the half dozen children standing near by clapped and cheered as if a little old lady had just been rescued from a raging inferno. Our tree, not our cat. I felt like I was living in an episode of Higglytown Heros and expected Pizza Guy to show up at any moment.


And would you believe this was the second time within a week that this cat had gotten up a tree and couldn't (or wouldn't) get down. The first episode lasted days. Days of cat cries and upset children. The fire department attempted a rescue but couldn't quite make it work so an ambitious neighbor with a saw got the job done. This time, the neighborhood wasn't up for days of cat calls or worried children, someone called the FD after about 24 hours.
I don't know what happened to the cat. I had a few suggestions.