[Overtaxed]

Major mistake at step 3. Just leave the cat in the wardrobe until the present is wrapped.

[Professional Engineer]

My step-mom died at this time 10 years ago. She had three cats at the time. About a month later, my dad called me late one night, vey upset. One of the cats was missing. They were indoor/outdoor cats, and he assumed a coyote had a kitty dinner.

By the next week, I hadn't heard any update. He informed me that the next day, the MIA kitty was found in his skivvy drawer, were she had appartently hid the day before.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

That doesn't work at my house. If the cat is on the other side of a closed door, I get to hear him pawing it, then I may hear meows or see a front leg stretched under the door.