Loaf

An animal on four legs settles into a loaf, as a cat does: its chest goes down onto the ground with its front legs folded under it, the paws tucked back at the wrist, its back legs tucked in and its tail curled round beside it.

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What it is for

A cat at rest, warm and watching: the loaf is how a cat sits when it is settled but not asleep. Any animal on four legs can do it, and a cat does it most.

The principle it shows: fold, don't stretch

A lie down stretches the front legs out in front; a loaf folds them away. The elbows go back under the chest, the forearms come forward under it, and the paws fold back at the wrist, so the front legs disappear and the body sits on them like a loaf of bread. A cat's front leg bends the same way a dog's does: the elbow below the shoulder, the wrist folding the paw back.

The program, line by line

when it starts
  show the side view
  at the same time:
    — 1:
      glide dy 0 over 0 s
      glide dy 37.5 over 0.3 s
      glide dy 93.75 over 0.25 s
      glide dy 150 over 0.25 s
      glide dy 200 over 0.25 s
    — 2:
      glide torso 0 over 0 s
      glide torso -12 over 0.3 s
      glide torso -10 over 0.25 s
      glide torso -6 over 0.25 s
      glide torso -4 over 0.25 s
    — 3:
      glide left leg #2 0, right leg #3 0 over 0 s
      glide left leg #2 -15, right leg #3 -15 over 0.3 s (inout)
      glide left leg #2 -35, right leg #3 -35 over 0.25 s (inout)
      glide left leg #2 -50, right leg #3 -50 over 0.25 s (inout)
      glide left leg #2 -60, right leg #3 -60 over 0.25 s (inout)
    — 4:
      glide left forearm 0, right forearm 0 over 0 s
      glide left forearm 40, right forearm 40 over 0.3 s (inout)
      glide left forearm 90, right forearm 90 over 0.25 s (inout)
      glide left forearm 125, right forearm 125 over 0.25 s (inout)
      glide left forearm 150, right forearm 150 over 0.25 s (inout)
    — 5:
      glide left hand 0, right hand 0 over 0 s
      glide left hand 30, right hand 30 over 0.3 s (inout)
      glide left hand 90, right hand 90 over 0.25 s (inout)
      glide left hand 140, right hand 140 over 0.25 s (inout)
      glide left hand 170, right hand 170 over 0.25 s (inout)
    — 6:
      glide left leg #0 0, right leg #1 0 over 0 s
      glide left leg #0 0, right leg #1 0 over 0.3 s (inout)
      glide left leg #0 50, right leg #1 50 over 0.25 s (inout)
      glide left leg #0 84, right leg #1 84 over 0.25 s (inout)
      glide left leg #0 95, right leg #1 95 over 0.25 s (inout)
    — 7:
      glide left shin 0, right shin 0 over 0 s
      glide left shin 0, right shin 0 over 0.3 s (inout)
      glide left shin 30, right shin 30 over 0.25 s (inout)
      glide left shin 60, right shin 60 over 0.25 s (inout)
      glide left shin 62, right shin 62 over 0.25 s (inout)
    — 8:
      glide head 0 over 0 s
      glide head -8 over 0.55 s
      glide head 4 over 0.5 s
    — 9:
      glide tail 0, part:tail~out 0 over 0 s
      glide tail 10, part:tail~out 0 over 0.55 s
      glide tail -150, part:tail~out -120 over 0.5 s
  wait 0.55 s

0 s — the body up 0, torso 0, front legs 0, forearms 0, hands 0, back legs 0, shins 0, head 0, tail 0.
0.3 s — front legs -15, forearms 40, hands 30, the body up -12, torso -12, back legs 0, shins 0.
0.55 s — front legs -35, forearms 90, hands 90, the body up -30, torso -10, back legs 50, shins 30, head -8, tail 10.
0.8 s — front legs -50, forearms 125, hands 140, the body up -48, torso -6, back legs 84, shins 60.
1.05 s — front legs -60, forearms 150, hands 170, the body up -64, torso -4, back legs 95, shins 62, head 4, tail -150 out -120.

Try this

Settle more slowly: the first drop takes 0.5 s instead of 0.3 s.
In the program: ramp · over 0.3 → 0.5
Curl the tail only a little round its side, 60 instead of 160.
In the program: ramp · to.part:tail~out -120 → 60

How it differs from the others

Lie down ends with the front paws stretched out in front; Sit (four legs) keeps the front legs standing.

Works on

The two in the film above, and what the move turns on each: worked out by the build, which plays the move on each body and checks what moves. Nobody types this table.
Who	Moves?	What moves
Sunny (one of the six people)	yes	whole body, turns, body, head, arms, legs
Grump (an animal on four legs)	yes	whole body, body, head, front legs, back legs, tail, ears

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