My 18lb,gray and white Maine Coon with those gorgeous mint green eyes got abandoned in my area,met my friend's cat,Rory, who brought him home. Dusky put his paw on my foot and looked up as if to say,"I hear you're good for a free feed, how about it?"He stayed,letting only me pick him up , ruling the roost gently with his very laid back manner. Death is not a shock Surprise is. We breathe death every minute- surrounded And deliberately unaware. It would overwhelm us- leave us frozen in bewilderment. Like the little brown box of ashes cold, in the wind ,with tears.