Leo the cat is scared of nothing – except the Santa hat. It sends him careening under the nearest bed to hide for hours.
The other night I conducted an experiment with the hat and Leo.
Scenario 1: Showing Leo The Hat
Response: nothing
Scenario 2: Putting The Hat On Leo’s Head
Response: hat is shoved off immediately and ignored
Scenario 3: Putting The Hat On My Head And Showing It To Leo While Sitting Next To Him
Response: He bats at the pom-pom at the tip of the hat
Scenario 4: Putting The Hat On My Head And Menacing Leo While Sitting Down
Response: ignored hat
Scenario 5: Putting The Hat On My Head And Standing Up
Response: no cat. vanished under bed.
He emerged an hour later to scurry from under Shara’s bed to the – presumably safer – hiding spot under my bed, where he spent the remainder of the evening.
Conclusion: Leo has a tall-Santa phobia?
Hat from above is evil.
That’s cuz kitties prefer to seize the high ground for themselves!