Kick Boxing

Mabel has caught on that we have caught on to her antics.

As you may know, she is resolute in her determinate to gain access to Cable Corner, the area of the room that is most densely populated with cables. You may also know that she has learned the route there is via the back of the sofa.

However, humans sit on the sofa and make it difficult for her to accomplish her mission. Nevertheless, she has learned that to get past the humans, all she need do is, in rapid succession, jump onto the cushion, then a human shoulder, then to the back of the sofa. She has mastered this very well; humans cannot thwart a rabbit in mid-leap - they are just too fast and scary.

What Mable didn't bank on is humans learning to read her. We have learned the almost imperceptible signs that give away her intentions. So, just as she is about to leap, all we need to do is stick a foot out. She's quick enough not to end up being kicked.

There's a process of tit-for-tat going on, and she has recognised when a foot is about to thwart her, and now she has taken to stopping dead in her tracks and boxing our feet. Now, a rabbit boxing isn't much different from a kangaroo boxing; it's just on a smaller scale, but no less perturbing.

I have a terrible feeling that Mabel is going to come out on top, and she IS going to reach the heaven that is Cable Corner. And on the way, humans, sofa, and anything else that blocks her passage is going to suffer.