The Playpen
I promised a long time ago that I’d eventually write about the playpen that my humans constructed for me; now’s a good time as any. I’ve been very busy lately with other household chores, like helping my Girl Human clean by climbing onto the vaccuum machine and playing with my Boy Human. I have to keep him exercised, you know! Anyway, my playpen is really fun, so I’m glad they got it for me.
By the way - these pictures were taken all the way back in May! I am hoping to get some more recent ones (of myself, but also of my house) but Girl Human hasn’t been in the mood to take any photos lately. I don’t blame her, though; she always seems very tired when she gets home from work!
I was out doing my normal business while they were making this; they took several of my cardboard boxes (I call them mine because they certainly weren’t doing anything with them before this day!). I was pretty curious, but they continuously shooed me away as if I was a nuisance. I wasn’t having any of that, and had to make it pretty clear who was boss. I stuck my nose everywhere and climbed all over them. Eventually they gave up trying to get me out of the way, clearly realizing I was only doing my rightful duty. (I have to know what’s going on in my house, you know!)
So anyway, I lost interest pretty quickly, but when I came back to them later, they were done with their constructing. Lo and behold, they made something fun! For me! I was wary of it at first…
… But eventually I got into the idea of it. There are four bulk body parts to this thing, each is a box with a hole cut in two sides just large enough for me to slip through. Then they’re all duct taped together to make a nice long tunnel.
The last box on the far right has a hole on the top, too, with another box attached to the top of that one; Boy Human says he put it there so I can have a look out (and then he made jokes which I gathered were related to video games, because Girl Human has a certain face that she makes when Boy Human tries to be funny). Girl Human insists that the hole is good for climbing in and out of, and on top, which is what I end up using it for anyway.
Then along the top is another tunnel, with a hole leading into the first box on the far left, in case I want to get in and out that way. (In May, I fit fine in this triangle tunnel, but now I just smush it as I walk along, because it’s much too small for my muscles. Boy Human says I’m fat, but he’s just rude.) All in all, it is definitely a fun thing, and I’m glad they made it for me. I do love to climb!
I think, however, that part of the reason they made it was to keep me out of things they think I shouldn’t be getting into. They still haven’t quite grasped that this is my house and I let them, out of the kindness of my heart, live with me, but I suppose I can’t blame them for being so dumb. It’s a matter of their genetics.