Last night I got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. Tulip was sleeping in her little kitty bed next to our bed. Apparently she didn’t hear me stirring around. When I got up and took a step, she shot up out of the bed like I had startled the daylights out of her. I reached down to give her a pet, then walked down the hall to the bathroom.
When I came back, it was quite dark. I didn’t bother to turn the light on since it’s a straight shot. As I was almost to the bed, I heard a blood-curdling screech. I never even felt it, but I had stepped on Tulip’s tail! I flipped the light on to see where she went. She flopped herself down on the hallway rug in her “no pet” position. I thought she’d try to bite me, but I scooped her up anyway. She was pitiful. She was all curled up in a ball with her tail tucked, and the tip of it was hugely puffy (like all the fur was standing on end). I could see that it looked OK. She was just really upset. I put her down on the bed in a heap of blankets and consoled her.
Of course, Miss Miracle was all concerned about what was happening. She ran to the edge of the bed to “see” what happened. Even after Tulip was in bed, Moo was still peering over the edge of the bed. I wonder if she thought a monster was down there. After a while, I got everyone to settle down and go to sleep. It was quite a lot of activity for the middle of the night though. You gotta watch where you leave your tail around our house!