Trail of destruction
Pippin is very appropriately named.
In the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Pippin is the Hobbit who knocks things over a lot. He wakes armies of orcs.
In our house, Pippin is the cat who knocks things over. All the time. In the last few weeks he’s managed to destroy:
- A giant Brita water tank. It was completely full, and he managed to shove it off the counter. Twice. The first time didn’t actually destroy it (although it did dump over a gallon of water on the floor), so it did it again a couple of days later. Mission accomplished (gallon of water plus complete destruction of the tank). .
- A sugar bowl. Well, not completely destroyed – he just broke part of it off. He’ll have to try again.
- A china salt shaker.
- More glasses than I care to recall. In fact, as I type this, I’m wearing a band-aid on one finger from the laceration I got picking up the pieces of the most recent destroyed glass.
All of this happens, of course, while we’re home. What’s the point of destroying things if there’s no one to show your powers off to?
Posted by Mike at May 1, 2005 11:43 PM