The cat sees that the man is very sick and is being lectured to by his dog.
The dog is on the couch where the man usually sits.
The dog is saying, "You better take care of yourself or I will be alone."
The man is only half listening.
The dog is only being polite out of respect for the man's ego.
He is a patient dog.
The dog is describing the man's behavior to him.
He isn't making anything up.
He has watched the man get up every night.
He has watched him shuffle to the refrigerator for his pills.
He has watched him sit in the living room in the dark staring out the window.
He has watched him turn the TV on without sound.
The TV casts a ghastly light on the man's face.
The man has lost his purpose.
The dog doesn't tell him that he has smelled death in the house.
It's not the man's illness that is stalking him.
It's the man's apathy that is killing him.
Without an intervention the man's heart will soon stop.
The dog always assumed that he would go before the man.
After the dog says his piece he climbs off the couch.
He slumps on his bed in the corner facing the wall.
The man returns to bed.
The cat crosses the room and jumps to the window sill.
There is some tiny motion in a tree.where a wren is waiting for the sun.
The cat's tail twitches as she imagines the hunt.
