Jay - Rat strategy

The calico pounced. Stupid it may be, slow it was not. Jay darted left, right, left and right and left and right as the forepaws battered all around him, the frantic type of dance a cat probably won sooner or later with a rat, so he decided to do something the cat would not expect, which was leap with all the energy his back legs could muster and whap his paws into the cat's nose.

All of the cat's dumb face squished back into itself and its eyes squeezed shut. Obviously Jay did no meaningful damage, but that moment of stunned surprise gave him a window to bolt.

***

[9] The Same Wrong Even More Ruthlessly