![]() ![]() Rules (or are they laws?) are developed: the new way of thinking is banned as being unnatural for dogs. And they begin to act as human beings do: exiling (or worse) those who think differently. ![]() The pack now has the 'gift' of the ability to develop their own language and to understand human speech. They communicate with each other largely through body language and an interested human can quickly learn to follow what's happening. The wonderful thing about dogs is that they don't worry about what's going to happen tomorrow: they live in the here and now. I'm a sucker for books about dogs, but this one tore my heart out and then shredded it fifteen times. Now that they were capable of complex thought the dogs had no difficulty in releasing themselves from their cages, but the pack was split between those who resisted the new way in which they could reason - preferring to retain the traditional dog way of thinking - and those who welcomed the change. But - if even one of the dogs was happy at the end of its life Hermes would win. Human intelligence would be granted to fifteen dogs staying overnight in a veterinary clinic and the wager, suggested by Apollo, was that Hermes would be his servant for a year if the dogs were not more unhappy than they would have been originally. Gods (and brothers) Hermes and Apollo were arguing in a bar about what would happen if animals had human intelligence and eventually a wager was agreed. ![]() Summary: A slim book with a massive story that's superbly written. ![]()
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