The tree that tried to eat Taj!

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I'm putting this in cats, because the tree did try to eat Taj in 2005. Well, in 2005 the roomie's nephew left a screen door open on a porch that the cats had access to. This lead to the "Great Escape" that had almost all our cats get out, including Taj. Well, after a few days, we had all them in except for 2 semi-ferals and Taj. We had seen the 2 semi-ferals but not a wisker of Taj. We called, we looked, we contacted the pound, we put up signs, no Taj. Finally, one night we heard him crying in the back yard. I took a fresh flashlight and went out and found him in this tree. Now, you say that cats climb trees, they can get down, but Taj had NEVER climbed a tree before. And then there was the chow dog in the nighbor's yard.... Well, I only had a 6 foot ladder, by standing on that I could just put some food and water on a branch that Taj could reach. I was reaching up and trying to get him to let me grab him, but he was just outta reach! I stood there for over an hour, on the ladder, coaxing and talking to Taj. The next day, the roomie's father, and the guilty nephew, came with a 15 foot ladder. Her dad wanted the nephew to go up the ladder, but 1) the nephew was afraid of heights, and 2) Taj was afraid of the nephew. Taj wouldn't come to him, he'd come to me, AND I'm not afraid of heights. I went up, got Taj, and started down, cat in one arm, other hand on the ladder. Just before I got to the bottom, that DOG when NUTZ and Taj proceeded to slash me and the roomie's father. Well, this last week we had a big wind storm and a big old branch of that tree came down on the fence between our yard and the one next door (the chow is long gone to his new home.) Turns out, the tree that tried to eat Taj has since died and is falling apart. We had a tree expert out to take the limbs in our yard. I can't say I'm sad to see that tree go. Its a hackberry tree, a "trash tree" anyway, so good riddence!