A dog's view of things... ( )

So much fantasy depends on the idea of animals being able to speak, but if our pets and farm animals really could speak to us (the "change" of the title), would we like what they've got to say? How would our relationship to dogs change if we were suddenly on equal footing? This story was beautiful and sad and insightful and totally fascinating, and although it hasn't stopped my desire to have a dog, it will for sure make me look at that dog, when I am able to adopt one, in a totally new light.

這個故事本身就是一個"trickster story". 結局也許有點陳詞, 整個情節的展開卻非常新奇有趣. 語言能力並不單單是說話. 它很能還包括或者引發了記憶, 溝通, 邏輯等等. 故事裏人類面對的困境也可以隱喻到現實世界中來. 父母面對青春期的子女, 傳統強國面對新興國家.... ( )