Laptop Hunter

The eagle is a very smart bird, and an even smarter hunter. It spots its prey from far away, then persists to find a chink in its prey's armour, finishing off whenever its armory lets off even for a second.

I employ a similar strategy when it comes to hunting down Dad's laptop!! If you have read my post on my earlier attempts at laptop hunting, you would know how serious a hunter I am when it comes to laptops!! Animal Planet, you have a successor to the "Crocodile Hunter"... Me as the "Laptop Hunter".. I can even work on my "Austraayylian" accent to give viewers a seamless experience.. What say you??

So the other day, I was following Dad's laptop from the corner of my eyes, hovering nearby all the time, waiting for the right time to swoop in. But the laptop was on the table. And me being 3-foot nothing, it was a little high for me (Yeah yeah, being tiny has its disadvantages!).

There was a chair near the table which i could use to get to it. But I had to be careful not to catch my parent's attention. Hehehehe (devious laugh)!!

Time to gather some logistics! I look around... Everyone seems to be doing their own thing. Mom, at 10 o'Clock is in the kitchen (wow, that smells yummy!). Maasi at 3 o'Clock is busy straightening her hair. And Dad at 5 o'Clock is massaging his potbelly and playing "surf the channel" with the TV. The coast looks clear...

But... If i so much as put half a toe-nail on that chair, Dad would see me and I'd be at the other end of the room even before I could say "Peekaboo"...

Hmmm, I'll have to come up with a different strategy.......

Decoy!!!

What If I keep my high chair in the way?? Dad won't be able to see what I'm upto, as the high chair would hide my 3-foot nothing frame behind it (being small has its advantages too you know! ;) And voila! I'm up!!

The camouflage didn't last too long though. Dad was faster than Andrei Arshavin (who, by the way, has just taken Russia into the UEFA cup semis).

But!!

I was able to open the laptop and press 2 keys before getting busted! :D :D :D

That was fun!

Laptop Hunter's the name (devious laugh)! And I specialize in guerrilla-camouflaging myself to get to the laptop at any cost (ditto devious laugh)!!

Only... Better luck next time ;).

Or like Confucius might have said, "You shall press more keys next time, smart boy!"