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Do Animals Speak?
I desire to share my experience which I recently had while babysitting Casey, my niece's dog.
It was the close of the day. I slipped into a reclining
chair, threw a warm quilt over me, desiring to have just
a few moments to meditate.
Peaches, my poodle,quickly hopped onto the chair and nestled herself into the quilt. Casey standing nearby began to whine. "Well, I thought if I ignore her she
may just lay down and relax." Having one more dog on
this chair will end any attempt to meditate."
Casey continued to whine, standing nearby looking at me.
I decided to further ignore her and closed my eyes.
"Maybe she will get the point and stop",I thought.
The whining got louder and continued. After a minute
or so, I opened my eyes again. Another loud whine
ensued then she softened her next one.
After a moment, Casey turned around, walked to the
bedroom to her bed, slowly came back and stood in
her original spot. I opened my eyes to see she was
standing there, looking straight at me. In her mouth
she was holding her big, fluffy, yellow chicken who
sleeps with her at night. She had a message for me.
I got it loud and clear.
"You don't love me--that's o.k. because my fluffy,
yellow, chicken does."
Since that time, I have reflected a number of times
upon this incident and the level of intelligence
Casey expressed and how effectively she communicated.
Do animals speak?
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