She had been unhappy with her life for some time.
She had been homeless for as long as she could remember. The only thing she had to look forward to was when she visited her friend. She was very fond of him. Whenever she went to see him he would see that she had something to eat. His place was comfortable and he was well off. The only problem he had was that some of his neighbours weren’t so nice.
This particular morning they were sitting in his back garden, watching the birds pecking at seed.
She said, “You’re having issues with some of your neighbours, right?”
“Well, yes,” he admitted.
“Well then, why don’t we just take off? You know, run away together!”
He was silent for a while. “No. I couldn’t do that.”
“Why not?”
He looked back at the house. “It’s the humans you see, I couldn’t leave them.” His whiskers twitched. “They need me.”
