Revenge on the Fan

Cleo is very curious by nature. She loves to investigate things. She is the perfect example of the phrase "Curiosity killed the cat." For example, take our fan. It's tall, high powered, has a safety guard on it, we use it to circulate air in the apartment. Of course, the way our apartment is set up, we have to have the fan near our couch. And since it's a tall one, that puts the fan blades just above the couch back. Well, one day Cleo decided that she was going to investigate this strange device that blows air around and messes up her fur. She taps the safety guard around the fan blades a few times and almost manages to knock it over. However, she can't seem to get enough momentum to do it. This seems to anger the kitty. Especially since when it rocks back it goes away from her, then comes towards her when it rocks forward. So when the fan is standing still, Cleo reaches out and decides to try and bite it. Lo and behold, her lower jaw gets stuck in the safety guard. I'm not surprised that she got scared and started flailing. Her jaw came unstuck rather quickly and when I took a look at it, she was uninjured. But it just seemed to anger her even more. Now, Cleo is a smart kitty. She watches how momma and poppa do things and tries to mimic it. It didn't take her that long to figure out how to hit the power button on the fan to turn it on and off. So the next day she reaches up and gives the power button a good smack with her paw and the fan turns off. And this is why you should never make kitty mad.