![]() ![]() The dogs, as a rule, do not react well to developing consciousness, and Alexis doesn’t hold back in showing quite how tragic some of them become. And then there’s Majnoun, who reveals to his new masters that he has intelligence vastly greater than any dog they’ve known, potentially changing the relationship between humans and dogs forever.Īs much as you might expect me to say that this book is great for people who love dogs, I’m not actually totally sure that it is. One begins to invent a language and write poetry. Others seek out new owners, preferring the easy life. ![]() A couple turn against humans, angered by the apparent servitude their kind have been subjected to. ![]() Wagering a year’s servitude, they bequeath intelligence to fifteen dogs in a shelter, who all immediately develop an understanding of who and what they are and break out into the night.įrom here, we see what happens to them all as they struggle for dominance, and try to work out their place in the world and whether they still want their human masters. Hermes thinks they might be happy – Apollo disagrees. The gods Apollo and Hermes are drinking one night and wonder how animals would behave if they had human intelligence. “One evening in Toronto, the gods Apollo and Hermes were at the Wheat Sheaf Tavern.” ![]()
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