 It ultimately took over their lives and they feared anything bad could happen to them with the thought of the big grey dog.The story transitions to the present, the narrator is remembering the curse as he sits in the hospital room with his adult siblings and his ill father, who is the 6th generation descendant.It's October and the rain is falling, which is the same month and weather conditions that occurred when the man saved the big grey dog's life as a puppy.