My stomach goes through another painful spasm reminding me of the water I had drunk.  I quickly step onto the busy Atlanta sidewalks.  A man in a tailored suit almost runs into me.  He looks at me with disgust, like I was old trash.  “Get out of my way, stupid cat!” he shouts angrily.  He kicks me angrily.  I flee back to the alleyway, under a dumpster.  That night, I roam the streets in search of water.  I come upon a puddle.  As I start to lap it up, it burns my tongue and throat viciously.  I wince as the water hits my stomach.  Then I get up and pad away, my tail swishing behind me.  The next night I again search for water.  There is another puddle.  This one tastes like cars smell and glistens unnaturally in the light.  But I have to drink.  Afterwards, I decide to clean my fur.  But, I can barely see because of the ill effects of the water.  I finally manage to scrape my tongue over the few patches of fur I have left.  I again go back to the dumpster.  But, before I get there I see a strange sight.  A man walks by with a strange container.  It slops all over the ground.  Then he brings it to his nose.  After that he simply dumps the rest all over the place.  I go to sleep wondering what he could have been doing.  The night after, as I search for water, an unexpected raindrop plops on my nose.  Then it just pours.  But, instead of going to the dumpster, I race to the nearest drain.  There I gulped down the pure rainwater.  Compared to the polluted city water I normally drink, this was sugary sweet.  I sat there for a long time, just drinking the wonderful rain water.  After a while of drinking the rainwater that puddled on the sidewalks, I began to grow my fur back.  I even got some sight back!  But, like every good thing, the rainwater came to an end.  I again lost my fur and my sight.  I was getting worse every day.  One day, I couldn’t get out from under the dumpster.  I couldn’t do anything.  So, I think.  I think about how the man littered.  I thought about why the water was getting more polluted.  More importantly, I thought about what all the people would do if they had to drink filthy water that made them sick.  If they didn’t want that they would have to be careful.  My mind pondered the subject until I could feel all the light drain from my eyes.