the cat's novel and the escaping flame

The cat, like everyone else in the household, likes to express himself in writing. Unfortunately, he is like the proverbial caffeine-addled college student who writes the entire exam on one line:



(Also he has a tendency to scrawl and use abbreviations, and none of us is fluent in Cat. Poor guy. He is a poorly understood genius.)

Now this candle flame. It knew its life was guttering out, so you see what it's doing? It's trying to make a break for it--out of the bottle candlestick. If ... I can just ... climb over ... this rim ...

Way to go, candle flame. I admire you.