Of cats and stones

[ThePaladin]

I have an altar set up atop the dresser and one of the cats has taken a liking to one of the stones. I keep finding it in odd places on the floor, once it was in a shoe, and frequently beneath the dresser itself. I root out the stone from wherever the cat has left it, eye the offending cat(who ignores me completely, as is a cat's wont) and put the stone back in it's place on the altar. This is almost a daily occurrence now.

I mention all this because a few seconds ago I heard the sound of that unfortunate stone hitting the floor and then being hockey pucked around the room for a bit. Sounds like this time the cat managed to get it out of the bedroom. If so, heaven only knows where I'll find the poor thing now.

Or the altar is trying to tell me it's time to take it down, since we'll be leaving this house in a few days.