Maggie Knows Tom

When Maggie was younger she loved to take walks.   We always walked past our neighbor Tom's house.   Tom is one of Maggie's favorite people.   I would always turn her leash loose and let her run to Tom.   She had a special excited bark that she reserved just for him.    Even if Tom wasn't outside Maggie always looked for him.   Now of course Maggie can't walk very far so she doesn't see Tom anymore.    This morning the doorbell rang and someone knocked on the door at the same time.   Maggie never heard the knock or the doorbell.   When we opened the door it was Tom's wife Mary.    She told us Tom had had a serious heart attack the night before and was in the hospital.   After a brief conversation she left.   After she left Maggie started to bark her "Tom" bark.   It was really quite eerie almost a woeful bark.   It took us a few minutes to calme her but left us both wondering about how she knew?