The only door he cannot open is the door that I have locked

[desperance]

Mac is quite wrenchingly cute, when he's trying to inveigle me into letting him out into the yard.

He sits by the back door and stares up at it. And stares at me, and at it: he is a great believer in the Power of Positive Thinking.

When that avails him nothing, he adds voice.

"Come on, Chaz, you can do this. We did this before, remember? You open the door, and we go out. C'mon, lad, it's really not that hard. I do understand, you're slow, you have trouble dealing with these difficult concepts, but look, I'll help. I'll do the going-out bit. All you need to do is open the door..."

He really does try very hard, poor lamb. And yet? The door remains closed, despite all his faith and works together.

Comments

[cherylmmorgan.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, that reminds me of my favorite Fat Freddy's Cat cartoon. The cat stands by the door saying "me out, me out". Freddy, of course, doesn't understand, and tries feeding him. And the cat sighs and says (to the audience) "even when you talk their own language they don't understand you."

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Oh, Fat Freddy. The siren song of my early adulthood...

[samarcand.livejournal.com]

At any time now a collection of the complete Freak Brothers (which I assume will include the Fat Freddy's Cat stuff is being released. I'll lend you my copy when I get it if you have any desire for nostalgia...