![]() The gods watch from above as the dogs venture into their newly unfamiliar world, as they become divided among themselves, as each struggles with new thoughts and feelings. Suddenly capable of more complex thought, the pack is torn between those who resist the new ways of thinking, preferringthe old 'dog' ways, and those who embrace the change. I'll wager a year's servitude, answered Apollo, that animals – any animal you like – would be even more unhappy than humans are, if they were given human intelligence.Īnd so it begins: a bet between the gods Hermes and Apollo leads them to grant human consciousness and language to a group of dogs overnighting at a Toronto veterinary clinic. I wonder, said Hermes, what it would be like if animals had human intelligence. WINNER OF THE 2015 ROGERS WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZEįINALIST FOR THE 2015 TORONTO BOOK AWARDS University of Toronto Schools Technology SuppliesĪn utterly convincing and moving look at the beauty and perils of consciousness.University of Toronto Schools Stationery. ![]() Toronto Prep School Technology Supplies. ![]()
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