Everything was in readiness. The human’s alarm clock had been set two hours late. The custard pies were carefully arranged at the bottom of the stairs. And the Miss Clarol for Cats “Mocha Magic” color was a perfect match. Now, all she had to do was wait.

Cat as land mine, by BryanAlexander, licensed under CC BY 2.0
That last step might be watching you…
I can so see a cat setting up the elaborate trap.
See, this is why Iām a little leery of cats. Fiendish set up!
My cats try to do this to us everyday but we have successfully avoided the traps so far.
wait, what happened to the hundreds of marbles that were supposed to be on the top step?
They proved to be too irresistible not to bat around. But we can’t admit that, so we won’t.