I opened the door to let my cat in. A minute later, I opened the door to let my cat out.

Soon, there was a meow. I opened the door to let my cat in.

"Look," I said, "it's either this side or the other side, where do you want to be?"

So today I learned about the other other side.

It's amazing.

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories #vss

@MicroSFF It's sort of like USB plugs, you have to turn them at least twice to get them to fit!
@MicroSFF Wait until you open the window to let the cat in, then some time later open the door to let the cat in, then open the _other_ window to let the cat in, then start wondering how you got 3 inbound and 0 outbound crossings

@tknarr @MicroSFF

I often let my cat out.

Almost never let it in.

And yet, I never seem to be rid of a cat. ^-^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck0jwS0CvKk&ab_channel=ArtJunk

(We have a cat door. She doesn't like to use it. So she begs to go out. Begging to be let in doesn't get her anywhere, so she goes around to the cat door and comes in by herself. ... And then asks to be let out. πŸ™„ )

THE CAT CAME BACK - Oscar Nominated Short Animated Film

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@JeffGrigg @tknarr @MicroSFF this is one of my cat's favourite cartoons
@tknarr @MicroSFF This is not SchrΓΆdinger's cat, this is Escher's cat.
@MicroSFF This reminds me of the House of Many Ways, by Diana Wynne Jones (except in that story, it's a dog)

@fuzzymitten @MicroSFF Hmm, how do I not know that one, she's one of my favorite authors.

It also made me think of The Door into Summer by Robert Heinlein, the cat was the namesake of my cat long ago.

@mlippert It's a really fun sequel to Howl's Moving Castle. Definitely one of my favourite stories of hers.

I don't know that story by Heinlein. Maybe I'll see if I can find it πŸ€”

@MicroSFF

Is the cat’s name Pixel? πŸ˜‹

@MicroSFF I'm getting earwormed by the thought of this cat having theme music to accompany their high-frequently portal transit routine: "Break On Through (to the Other Side)" by The Doors.
@MicroSFF Maybe it wants to be between the two sides, in the doorframe 😁
@Blyfh @MicroSFF You mean like this? πŸ˜‚