Len over at esoterically.net writes about his cat hiding from him until eventually, it made the strategic mistake of running into the bathroom. Len wrote:

Len, I don't think you understand cats. It's all a careful plan on their part. The first part of your chase was the cat simply making sure -- in the case of a true emergency, she'd be able to hide from you indefinitely.

Running into the bathroom was subterfuge to make you think that she couldn't hide from you indefinitely. But she can. Really.