The Animals Were Never Alone
a Choose Your Own Adventure Essay
by Maria Lepistö and the Animal Sound Society
“What if we stop speaking to each other?”

“Have you hear about Abbé Dinouart?”

“No.”

“He was a French preacher in the 1700:th”

“Ok, so what?”

“He said that silence is an art, but only as long as it’s kept between humans.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah. He said that to be silent well it is not enough to shut one’s mouth and not speak, then there would be no difference between man and animals, which are mute by nature.”

You have a good laugh at this. Mute animals??

“Anyways, my point is, that even if we are silent, we somehow confirm each other.”

“How?”
“Because the possibility of language is always there.”

“Right.”

If you think that it is appropriate with another brief moment of silence, go to 5

If you find it difficult to be silent, go to 76

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