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Animals
can talk like we do. They speak in their own languages just like
your friend from another country. You may not understand everything,
but if you listen and look at them very carefully, you can tell
if they are sad, surprised or happy. When you see someone crying
you know he or she is sad. it's the same thing. The best way to
understand someone is to imagine what it feels like to BE them.
Imagine you are... |
Living
in water means you can move in all directions - up, down and side-to-side.
The water is light above you and dark deeper down. You send out
high-pitched squeaks in front of you which bounce off other creatures
and return, telling you exactly who's there - fish to eat, or
maybe another dolphin to play with. You go up to the surface to
breathe. To play, you use your powerful tail to leap out into
the air and feel the cool wind on your body.
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You
can see, but not very well. You FEEL the world around you. Your
body is covered in long thin hairs that act like antennae to pick
up vibrations. If an insect comes near you, it pushes the air
and you can feel it. If a person walks by your web, you feel the
web shaking under your feet. If you want to travel, you wait for
an air current to pass. You shoot some liquid silk up above you.
A long thin strand cools, and when the breeze catches it, you're
lifted up.
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Daytime is for sleeping and dreaming. As the sun sets, you begin
to feel more awake. You stretch and dart through the shadows,
balancing easily along fence-tops and thin branches. Your body
feels like one fluid muscle. You see in the dark six times better
than humans. Even when it's pitch-black, you can easily feel your
way around, thanks to your long whiskers. You can easily tell
where your friends have been by smelling their scent on the trees
or furniture that they've rubbed up against. You leave your mark,
too, with a rub of your chin. It's a secret message humans can't
see.
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