A crowd of 3 to 4 people gathered around a drain. Out of curiosity, Boy J ran ahead of his friends to see what was happening. "Meow, meow". A cat was trapped inside the drainhole. Using a smartphone's flashlight, they were able to see a brown patched cat meowing at the corner of the brick. Boy J's friend came up and asked what happened. Everybody's intention was straight forward. They wanted to rescue the cat out from the drainhole, or else it would die of hunger inside the drainhole.
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When they tried to lift up the metal cover of the drainhole, a passer by, middle aged lady looked, shook her head and said,"Don't worry, the cat knows how to get in, it will know how to get out from the drainhole. If you guys lift the metal cover, if a car drive through and the wheel got stuck in the hole, then you guys have to pay for the damage." After saying those discouraging words, she left them behind.
Boy J took her advice and planned to leave the cat behind. But when he was about to walk away. The crowd and his friends were still trying to rescue the cat. So he decided to ignore what the lady had said and continue to rescue the cat. They lifted the metal cover of the drainhole. They started to discuss the ways to rescue the cat.
"Lets climb down and bring the cat out",boy A said. But the hole was deep, but no idea how deep was it. Nobody acted only boy J tried to climb down, but it was around 2 meters deep. "Cannot. It is too deep. And it will be dangerous as the slope is quite stiff without anything to step on" Boy J said. "What about we bring a rope, tie to the tree and one of the person climb down?", boy B said. "Why don't we call the securities of condo to help out?", girl A suggested.
As many ideas and discussions were going on, Boy J, without wasting any time, ran back to his condominium. Looking around his condo and thinking what could be useful. "Ahhh, an umbrella, whereby we can lower the umbrella and the cat can land on the umbrella and we lift it up. But, can the umbrella fit in the drain? Ooh, I will take two umbrellas, one big and one small. And, ohh, I will bring a dustpan with me in case the umbrella is not long enough." He talked to himself while he was preparing all the materials.
