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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.28,0:00:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if you've noticed,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.38,0:00:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's been a spate of books
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.05,0:00:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have come out lately
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.93,0:00:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contemplating or speculating
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.07,0:00:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the cognition and emotional life of dogs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.48,0:00:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do they think, do they feel and, if so, how?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.35,0:00:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this afternoon, in my limited time,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.29,0:00:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to take the guesswork out of a lot of that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.98,0:00:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by introducing you to two dogs,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.48,0:00:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both of whom have taken the command "speak"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.30,0:00:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quite literally.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.27,0:00:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first dog is the first to go,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.03,0:00:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he is contemplating an aspect
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.28,0:00:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of his relationship to his owner,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.43,0:00:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the title is "A Dog on His Master."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.43,0:00:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"As young as I look,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.41,0:00:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am growing older faster than he.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.36,0:00:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seven to one is the ratio, they tend to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.39,0:00:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever the number, I will pass him one day
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.97,0:00:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take the lead,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.84,0:01:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way I do on our walks in the woods,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.76,0:01:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if this ever manages to cross his mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.26,0:01:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would be the sweetest shadow
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.56,0:01:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have ever cast on snow or grass."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.62,0:01:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.20,0:01:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.00,0:01:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our next dog
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.14,0:01:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaks in something called the revenant,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.66,0:01:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means a spirit that comes back
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.69,0:01:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to visit you.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.46,0:01:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am the dog you put to sleep,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.33,0:01:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you like to call the needle of oblivion,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.78,0:01:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come back to tell you this simple thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.68,0:01:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never liked you."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.30,0:01:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.91,0:01:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When I licked your face,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.81,0:01:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought of biting off your nose.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.70,0:01:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I watched you toweling yourself dry,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.68,0:01:57.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to leap and unman you with a snap.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.79,0:01:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I resented the way you moved,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.97,0:02:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your lack of animal grace,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.86,0:02:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way you would sit in a chair to eat,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.40,0:02:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a napkin on your lap, a knife in your hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.70,0:02:10.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have run away
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.16,0:02:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I was too weak,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.91,0:02:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a trick you taught me
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.55,0:02:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while I was learning to sit and heel
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.61,0:02:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, greatest of insults,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.74,0:02:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shake hands without a hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.92,0:02:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I admit the sight of the leash would excite me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.43,0:02:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but only because it meant I was about to smell things
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.22,0:02:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you had never touched.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.06,0:02:35.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do not want to believe this,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.100,0:02:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I have no reason to lie:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.36,0:02:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hated the car, hated the rubber toys,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.45,0:02:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disliked your friends, and worse, your relatives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.24,0:02:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The jingling of my tags drove me mad.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.18,0:02:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You always scratched me in the wrong place."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.43,0:02:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.43,0:02:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"All I ever wanted from you was food and water
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.21,0:03:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my bowls.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.40,0:03:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While you slept, I watched you breathe
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.48,0:03:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the moon rose in the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.80,0:03:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took all of my strength
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.42,0:03:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to raise my head and howl.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.48,0:03:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I am free of the collar,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.98,0:03:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,free of the yellow raincoat,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.49,0:03:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,monogrammed sweater,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.37,0:03:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the absurdity of your lawn,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.40,0:03:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is all you need to know about this place,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.14,0:03:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except what you already supposed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.24,0:03:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are glad it did not happen sooner,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.64,0:03:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everyone here can read and write,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.88,0:03:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the dogs in poetry,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.23,0:03:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cats and all the others
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.24,0:03:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in prose."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.63,0:03:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.33,0:03:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)