Trigger.....

Trigger was the runt of this litter.....very cute but dumb as a box of rocks. Could not figure out how to use the litter box and would spend the entire day trying to distract itself from having to pee. This was by far the most annoying habit of any of the kittens because it required me to play "carpet cop" for extended periods of time. Needless to say, any kitten who practiced this habit was not at the top of my favorites list....and Trigger was the worst. I hate to admit it, but I honestly disliked this little shit so much it almost got sent to the pound (one more potty on my down comforter and that would have been it's sentence). I wasn't the only one who was not enamored with it however....the other kittens tended to ignore it and Monkey would look at it as if it were some sort of alien creature. My personal favorite incident happened one evening when I caught an amusing exchange between the two of them. Monkey was curled up in "His" chair watching the antics of the kittens below him with his usual expression of disgust when Trigger decided to climb up into the chair with him. Using the blanket Monkey sat upon as a ladder, little Trigger started climbing up....only to fall back down after just a couple of steps. This was repeated approx. 15 times before the stupid kitten finally decided to try climbing up from a different angle... an angle which enabled it to climb up to the seat of the chair, however, Monkey's big butt prevented it from actually getting on the seat. Now, Monkey was not about to move a single solitary inch to accommodate the stupid little shit, and he would just stare at it as it fell back to the floor.....over and over and over and over....... The kitten may have been stupid, but it sure was tenacious....it kept climbing up, trying to force its way onto the seat....and falling back to the floor as Monkey just sat there and watched. This in itself was quite entertaining, as the look on Monkey's face was priceless....but it got better when the stupid kitten finally managed to wriggle its way onto the seat (an accomplishment that took no less than 1/2 hour and approx. 25-30 attempts). As soon as the kitten sat triumphantly perched on it's fiercly fought for spot on the chair, Monkey stretched out one of his very long back legs and kicked it off. The kitten fell to the floor in defeat and I laughed my ass off for the remainder of the evening.