The most pathetic sight in the world

Our cats like to spend the day outside when we go to work - we don't generally let them out on days when rain is forecasted, but sometimes, well...weather happens. And this is what happens when there's an unexpected shower during the day, and it turns out that your cats apparently don't have enough sense to come in out of the rain:

There's just nothing sadder looking than a wet cat, is there? Our front courtyard is surrounded by a high fence, and when we arrived home we found the dopey things huddled together on top of the fence, getting drenched by rain, instead of nice and dry in the cozy sheltered area under the roof. 

We gave the cats a good rub with a towel before they fussily groomed themselves back into their usual state of beauty, and I thought that getting caught in the rain might dissuade them from going outside for a while, but nope - they were begging to go back out the very next day. Silly boys!

*A side note to any Aussies worried about our boys killing little native animals: they're terrible hunters. Really - TERRIBLE. When they spot something interesting, they get so excited that they twitch wildly and make loud meowing noises. I can guarantee that the only native animals in danger from our cats are the ones that are already dead.