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chased by a neighborhood dog, which I chased away. I went to the tree and looked up at him and saw him look down, shudder, grab on tighter, and close his eyes. It wasn't any 30 feet - more like 10-13, but too tall for me to reach him. Another of our cats showed up then and I said to him, "Oh, Archie, I wish you could tell your brother Sherlock how to get down." Archie looked at me, looked at Sherlock, climbed up the tree, got Sherlock's attention by poking him with his nose, and then slowly backed down one branch. It took, Sherlock a while, but eventually he slowly and awkwardly backed down one branch. I watched with total disbelief while Archie got him down one branch at a time. When there were no more branches, they were within about 3 feet of the ground - and just jumped down - both safe. That was when Archie started to become a legend. Don't get me started on him. We'd both be here all night, and I might not be finished even then.