The Animals Were Never Alone
a Choose Your Own Adventure Essay
by Maria Lepistö and the Animal Sound Society
“There used to be rabbits,” she continues. Do you remember the rabbits?”

You open your mouth, and close it again.

She: “Yes, the rabbits were silent, but not all the time! Do you remember what they sounded like?”

You: “Do you remember the pigs? In two thousand and nineteen, there were thirteen million pigs in Denmark. Do you remember them?”

The questioning escalates.
“Do you remember the old-striped tit-babbler?”
“Do you remember the black-cheeked lovebird?”
“Do you remember the horses?”
“Do you remember the arctic foxes?”
“Do you remember the African penguins?”
“Do you remember the bald eagles?”
“Do you remember the cows?”
And then, the last question:
“Do you remember the cats? It was your favorite animal”.

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