Reflections of the Heart
What Our Animal Companions Tell Us
Chapter One
THE ANIMAL
BLESSING
"Dr. Dorian, do you believe animals talk?"
"I never heard one say anything," he replied.
"But that proves nothing. It is quite possible
that an animal has spoken civilly to me
and that I didn't catch the remark
because I wasn't paying attention."
Charlotte's Web, E. B. White
Bathed in the late autumn sunlight of Central Park, the
woman sat cross-legged on the knoll, gently twisted like a
soft New York pretzel. Her eyes surveyed the city's big
expanse of recreational fields, tree-lined paths and wooden
benches, all peppered with the sounds of people in play and private conversation.
A long way from her home in Mt. Shasta, California, she was
new to the many languages that wafted through the air. But she was
not a novice to another kind of language that interlaced the buzz of
the park, a language that went beyond the resonance of verbal words,
but that no less communicated stories with rich images, thoughts and
feelings.
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