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Frantic: The cat ignores the help offered by the firefighters and stages its own dramatic escape by swimming to safety and then climbing a ladder

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Houdini the cat: The cat plots its exit after swimming to the bank

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No thanks: The cat resisted all efforts to rescue it from firefighters trying to lure it to safety by lowering food on a rope

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The great escape: This soggy cat fell into a drain in Lincoln and resisted all rescue efforts before swimming and then climbing a ladder to safety

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I'll do it myself! The cat makes its way up the ladder during its escape

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the cat complete its climb to freedom and then dash off before anyone can even give it a rubdown