Why can't I resist a puzzle?

Hi, I don't know you, but I'd like to solve your puzzle.

A child opens a door to a house, and ten cats run out. The animal loving cat lady inside is disabled and so they have to get the cats for her. They're rushing to get all ten cats back inside before any of them wander off too far and get lost. While they're doing this, they see a child playing near an open manhole. She's doing cartwheels and rolling on the ground. She's too far to yell to. While they get the cats, they keep seeing her nearly missing the manhole. They keep thinking about going over there and putting the manhole cover back on. This would obviously take both the old man and the young girl - those are heavy... but they also want to get every cat before they're gone...