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Golden
Ratio Cat

He lay down the way he always lies down. Somebody turned up with a ruler and has not been the same since.

Golden Ratio Cat curled inside a fibonacci spiral
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Six squares, one cat, no cooperation

1One cat
1One ruler
2Two ears, level

Measured on a Sunday, then again on a Tuesday to be sure. Same answer both times, same expression both times.

3Three attempts to move him

A treat, a bag rustled, and finally the front door opened. He raised his head, worked out what was happening, and put it back down.

5Five minutes to get the photograph

Four of them were spent finding the tape measure. He held the curl the entire time without being asked and without appearing to care.

8Eight people have now argued about it online

Two of them have degrees in this. One drew over the photo and posted the overlay. The cat has not been informed and would not change anything if he were.

Golden Ratio Cat on the checkerboard

He picked this exact tile and never moved off it

Purple sky, green squares, two rocks in the distance that have not changed since he got here. He sat down on the fourth tile from the left because the light was good and has treated the matter as closed ever since.

Everything else in the frame lines up around him. Nobody planned that and nobody can undo it.

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Corrections made0
Referencesoon

He did not do the maths. The maths caught up with him.

Still on the fourth tile. Still exactly where he was.