I have a cat that likes to hang out on my wooden drying rack. Its uppermost layer is a shelf with seven rungs. Emily loves to lie on it, with or without clothes. I think she rather likes it when there's clothing on it, wet or dry.
This evening I wanted to hang up the laundry I had just done. For some reason it didn't occur to me to remove the dry sheets I had on the rack still. Emily decided to stay lying across the rungs and play keep away. She struck at me with her paw when I tried to remove a sheet. I used her favorite cat treats to lure her off the rack. As soon as I removed the sheets, Molly climbed up there and sprawled across the rungs. However, her sister Molly doesn't like the treats. She watched as I hung up wet clothing, but she wasn't as resolute as her sister and left as I hung clothing closer to her.
P.S.
The next week when it was laundry time Emily was back on the rack and hopped right off as soon as I had the treat bag in my hand.
Now why haven't we ever thought to do that when our mom hangs up her laundry?
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