Smokey the Cat did many years ago when I was young and ruined several irreplacable ornaments that My Mother had had in the family for generations.
We thought that she would be quite angry , but as she wept them up , she hugged Smokey and said that it was not his fault that it was a Cat's nature to climb.
And that as a Creature of Our Lord God he was more important than trinkets.
My Dear Mother taught me a lot that day, she just loved Mr Scrappy and Pouncer, my first Cats,
I miss her more every year