ABSTRACT
For thousands of years, in the myths and folktales of people around the world, animals have spoken in human tongues. Western literary traditions, too, have abundant examples of animals speaking, and, in many cases, writing their own memoirs. Animals speak, famously, in children’s stories and in cartoons and fi lms, and today, social networking sites and blogs are both venues in which animals-primarily pets-speak about their daily lives and interests.
