Gymnastics NO thanks

My mates the two Portuguese twins have been away on holiday while their two legs went on holiday too.

I was talking to Jose this morning - he's the more talkative one of the twins - Jorge is quieter but has a deadly attack on him. He leapt out at me and Sebastian when we were laying in the bushes when they first arrived and he was like lightning. Came from nowhere, attacked and disappeared to nowhere - like a Ninja. He's the man (well cat actually) to have in your camp when the going gets tough.

Any Jose was telling about this place his carers took them to. It seems it was this old house in the country with loads of different houses for the cats all with their own run and play amenities. Then the two legs who ran the place let the cats out individually for games. Of course Jose and Jorge were allowed out together and were allowed to share accommodation. Jose said it was OK but when Jorge started his snoring there was nowhere to go to like there is in the big house where they normally live.

Jose was telling me about this game they played where the two legs fixed a rope over a small pond and then the cats were allowed to run and grab the string and swing across. Jose said he loved watching some of the less athletic cats try this and fall in the pond. He was rather rude about Sebastian at this point and I had to tell him off about that.

He decided to show me the act and took me round to his house and decided to jump across the bedroom using the light cord as his rope. I cautioned that this might be dangerous but he told me if you didn't take risks you didn't live. I think some of his sayings get jumbled in the translation from Portuguese.

He jumped across the bed and grabbed at the light cord. Last I remember was a crashing sound as the light came out of the ceiling and bounced of the bed shattering on the floor. Followed by some horrible scratching sounds as Jose flew into the dressing table and left claw marks all down the front. Then there was silence followed by a very plain "Oh No!"

I left at that point.