DD3 was chasing through the house in an absolute panic trying to catch our Jiji-chan. So I scooped him up and he clung on to me and gave her one of those patented cat "What the heck is wrong with you!" looks.
As best I can tell it happened like this:
1) After 18 years of just having a half a window and a storm window over the kitchen sink, the landlord's man just pulled out the old window, rebuilt the whole frame, and installed a standard sized window.2) Jiji discovered the new windowsill and adopted it as a favorite perch.
3) Last night DH Tried out a new fake blood recipe that involved gelatin and glycerine (thereby making it a little more resistant to water than the typical corn syrup recipes). He played with it for a little bit, then plopped the custard cup he made it in into the sink to soak.4) Ash came home from school, and finding the custard cup pulled the semi-hardened remains out and left them lying in the sink, along with a paper towel fragment that went astray when he wiped out the cup and set it on the sideboard.
5) DD went to wash the dishes and discovered the semi-coagulated goo with a bit of now pink paper towel lying in the sink under Jiji's favorite perch.6) DD flies into a complete panic thinking Jiji's insides are coming out of one end or the other.
The new blood recipe has been deemed an unqualified success.
NightMist