the kitten chronicles - part 44

The war is over. The kittens have won. It is with considerable abject humiliation that the Big Cat tenders his complete surrender to a very well-coached kitten team.Here was the final straw in the 3 month-long power struggle. Opened the door last night, a kitten walks out the front door, followed by his brother, Luckily for me they seemed dazed and confused by their freedom and I quickly scooped them up. Rooney was already walking down the front stone steps. Scared out of his mind by this, the Big Cat staggered inside, plopped the kittens down - and immediately I was assaulted by an even more heinous occurrence - cat poop on the living room carpet!Apparently the boys had scaled the barricade and then were trapped in the living room all day with no access to their litter box.With predictable foul results.What to do? As I got in my car this morning, I looked back to see both kittens pressed against the living room window.The little scheming fur faces! Clearly, as soon as I leave, they jump the wall and enter the forbidden room. So a chastened Big Cat went back in the house, tore down the blockade and opened the doors. The house is theirs. All is lost. Hail to the victors! xxxdad