The pale long-haired calico cat has been lounging in the vegetation beside the driveway, probably because it's a cool and shady spot. I offered her a friendly hand but she fled. Last night I came out that way ready to be driven to work (the bus schedule on Sundays is impossible) and she fled ahead of me - only the housemate rounded the back end of the car at that moment, on her way to the driver's seat. So the cat did a 90-degree turn and threw herself under the car. The housemate exclaimed that that was an unwise choice. So she turned around again and took a flying leap over the geraniums at the end of the driveway. Poor kitty.
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