Sparrow is too smart (not WoW)

Sparrow is a very clingy cat. She doesn't care to be held, but she prefers to be in the same room as people (preferably me, but if I'm not home any people will do). More on this some other time, when I take pics of her "babies" (two stuffed cats that she carries around in her mouth, I kid you not).

Anyway, when I am getting ready for work in the afternoon or when I take my shower, if my roommates are home, I go into my bathroom and shut the door. Sparrow usually comes with me, because if she does not, then she sits outside the door crying until I come out and it's cute, but also very annoying.

However, Sparrow does not like to be closed in anywhere, particularly the bathroom (as this is where she goes for "time out" when I catch her doing things she ought not be doing, such as breaking into my closet — she figured out sliding doors quickly — or chewing on books or my toes at 6 a.m.). Her need to be with people outweighs her problem with doors, at first, but once I've been in there about five minutes, she wants to get out. It used to be that she would stand in front of the door and mew, or slide a paw underneath and grope around.

The past few days, though, have been different. The past few days, she has hopped onto the counter and perched on the edge so that she can reach the doorknob. And then she has very determinedly tried to turn it, using both paws. She almost managed to turn it yesterday — got it about halfway but lost her grip once she hit resistance.

Scary. Thank God our front doorknob is not within her reach.

This is, of course, only to be expected from the cat who figured out how to turn the light switch on and off and flickers the bathroom lights when I'm in the shower.