Look like before

Uriel was driving for hours when he passed a farm, and before he could react, a cat ran out in front of him and splat he flattened the cat. Out of kindness and consideration, he stopped, turned around and drove back to the farm to notify the occupants. When the farmer wife came to the door, Uriel said: Pardon
madame, but I just ran over a cat in front of your house, and assumed that it must belong to you. I know this might be hard to hear, but I wanted to let you know instead of just driving off. Not so fast, says farmer wife. How do you know it was our cat? Could you describe? Uriel promptly flopped down on the ground, and said: He looks like this as he gave his best shot at a dead cat impression. She replied. I meant, what did he look like before you hit him? At that, Uriel got up, covered his eyes with both hands and screamed: Ah!