An ethical puzzle:

The Tail Pull

The Tail Pull

If you ceaselessly devout your wee morning hours (from 5am-7am) to the undertaking of being as obnoxious as possible in the hopes of wearing us down so we become exasperated, get out of bed, and feed you, do I have the right to retaliate with a playful tail yank when it is time to wake up?

This is the arm of a woman who has been walked back and forth on, MrrRRrrRRoww!ed at for two hours, waved away endless soft pawing mittens to the face, and otherwise attempted to snooze through the ungodly racket created by Hurricane Lucy.  ‘Tis astonishing how such a wee thing can create such a maelstrom.