Could you not make the legs go together, in a sort of squat? Here's sort of what I mean:
<img src="http://travel.sulekha.com/russia/photos/russia-114.jpg" border="0" />
Alternatively you could do something like this:
<img src="http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/funny-pictures-gif-cat-stand-squat.gif" border="0" />