OK, that's cute and a lot of the time we can be brave and ignore her pleadings -- not always of course, she sometimes wins out -- and this is how it all started -- being a cat with a sharp eye, she noticed where the kitty treats were stored (on top of the fridge), so she learned a path to the treats--jump up onto the stove, then to the fridge
she pretty much has her run of the house, furniture, window sills, basement (who knows what she does down there) but there are some 'no kitty areas', like the dining table, and the top of the fridge
'course "no kitty" just means another challenge -- so, sometime this morning, she snagged a new bag of treats from top-o-the-fridge, then, apparently wanting to go about her business in private, carted the bag into the basement -- when discovered, she had managed to tear open the bag (using just teeth and hind claws) and was proceeding to pig out on the contents
we need a more secure hiding place for the treats...