Ever wonder why they call it horsepower? Horses used to be the major mode of transportation but they, like Congressmen, can be a little hard to control. And they’re big and strong and they’ll but a huge gap in your teeth if you’re not careful.
One day, someone imagined that maybe, just maybe, a safer transport method might be possible. And so he took a beach towel and two hamster wheels and created a makeshift treadmill that could be hooked up to a wagon. Of course, something had to make that treadmill go.
Enter Mittens, the cutest little cat you ever did see.
See Mittens smile.
Mittens is a happy cat… for now. (Photo credit: Vitor Corrêa Fogassa)
See Mittens scratch…
Bad Mittens! Mittens had to be controlled, so he was put on a leash. Then, of course, our friendly engineers needed a way to make Mittens run.
Leather whips were out of the question, so they cooked up a nice bowl of cream of tuna soup and put it just out of Mittens’ reach.
The cat marched forward, but unfortunately he wasn’t strong enough to pull a cart.
Since that day, cats have lived happily ever after. Horses, not so much.
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