Many years ago we got a little black kitten. Cute little thing. I'd been outside working on laying a patio and was taking a break sitting in a deck chair and the garden hose, which we were using at times, was lying next to my chair and stretched the length of the lawn. The kitten, being new to the house was exploring and suddenly stopped dead about 15ft away, staring at the end of the hose pipe and sidling around it stiff-legged. I reached down and gave the hose a twist which made it move. The kitten instantly shot about 6ft in the air twisting and already air-running away like in a cartoon before she hit the ground. Took me a long time to stop grinning.