Harry’s Dilemma - Tindersticks

Harry was a contented dog but he awoke this morning and something was very wrong
He couldn't be bothered to beg for mid morning biscuits
He couldn't be bothered to roll over and rub his back
E rough floor he couldn't be bothered to scratch at anything that might be nibbling away at him
He just lay on top of his kennel feeling thoroughly depressed even his tail wouldn't wag
Four months earlier his owner
An elderly gentlemen whom harry had been devoted to ever since he was a puppy
Had been temporarily forced to leave the country
Leaving harry with a trustworthy caring couple who lived around the corner
Even his kennel was in the same spot in their yard just to the right of the back door
This is the same kennel that harry had now been moping on top of for three days
Despite the best efforts of the young caring couple to cheer him up
Offers of chicken and an endless stream of un fetched balls sent rolling down the yard
Nothing could coax harry from his gloom so it was decided to send him to the vet
Harry was a large dog and heavy withered and he was in no mood to climb down from his kennel
And trot to the waiting car to travel two miles to the surgery
Eventually he was lifted with the aid of a neighbor onto a blanket and hobbled from kennel to car
From the car to the vets when once harry would have put up a fight before going within 500 yards of this place
During the whole journey he never raised an eyebrow
Of course the vet could find nothing wrong with harry
Mentioned depression suggested chicken and balls sent harry home to rest
Still wrapped in the blanket took seven days for the notification to come through
The owner had died in his sleep leaving specific instructions for harry to be put down harry was a dead dog