Burglary!
At approximately 4:30am this morning I was woken by a loud roaring sound, and between blinks, the sight of a monstrous black shape hanging into the room via my window. I managed to rise up flailing to see my laptop, the beast upon which I now write these words, falling to the floor (to land softly in a huge pile of clothes I had earlier failed to clear up).
On my final blink I managed to see, with the makeshift bedsheet/curtain/intruder-deterrent mechanism torn down from the window, a gaunt figure in black, head wrapped up, running for his life down the street out of view.
I then gathered the pieces of what had happened. An intruder had climbed up onto the compost bin outside, opened the unlatched window and climbed almost completely into the room and grabbed my laptop.
The scurrulous knave was lifting said laptop out by its screen (the blighter!) when Lava arose with a vicious howling roar (which woke yours truly), tore the laptop from his hand and managed to push him bodily out the window.
I congratulate Lava on her brave animal ferocity, and will get her a nice meal in thanks.
Sadly the laptop now has twisted, mangled hinges, and the escape key has somehow escaped. It still seems to work but I am thinking of claiming on the "accidental damage" insurance, although I do think reporting the incident would be a good idea, I wonder where I stand on that.
Although I've always known that justice, and the superheroes I read about do not exist, I do know certain small individuals are terrifying when roused.
On my final blink I managed to see, with the makeshift bedsheet/curtain/intruder-deterrent mechanism torn down from the window, a gaunt figure in black, head wrapped up, running for his life down the street out of view.
I then gathered the pieces of what had happened. An intruder had climbed up onto the compost bin outside, opened the unlatched window and climbed almost completely into the room and grabbed my laptop.
The scurrulous knave was lifting said laptop out by its screen (the blighter!) when Lava arose with a vicious howling roar (which woke yours truly), tore the laptop from his hand and managed to push him bodily out the window.
I congratulate Lava on her brave animal ferocity, and will get her a nice meal in thanks.
Sadly the laptop now has twisted, mangled hinges, and the escape key has somehow escaped. It still seems to work but I am thinking of claiming on the "accidental damage" insurance, although I do think reporting the incident would be a good idea, I wonder where I stand on that.
Although I've always known that justice, and the superheroes I read about do not exist, I do know certain small individuals are terrifying when roused.