Down to eight lives

Curiosity killed the cat, they say, and now I see why.
The cat decided that that little dangly thing was way too interesting not to sink a claw into and pull at, even when it brought the book to which it was attached off the bookshelf onto its head...
Fortunately, cats are also quick, so it leapt out of the way before the book came down with a thud.
So I still have a quick, if no wiser, Flora.