Michael Z. Lewin

“It was about how one time there was this guy who took his dog to the movies, right in, and sat the dog down in the next seat, and the movie was one called War and Peace. Anyhow, the dog sat up in the seat and kept awake, and it wasn’t long before the people near to him began to realize that this dog was paying attention to the screen. And the people realized that the dog seemed to understand everything and to be having a good time. It nodded when something good happened, and growled when there was something bad, and it even wagged its tail at the jokes and whimpered when things were sad, all like the things the people nearby were feeling. Well, this went on through the whole movie and when it was over, a big crowd gathered around the man and his dog and everybody said, “That’s amazing.” “What’s amazing?” the guy asked. “Your dog,” the people said. “Your dog wagged his tail at the jokes and growled at the danger and he really seemed to enjoy the movie.” “Yeah, he did enjoy it, didn’t he?” the man said. “And I agree, that is amazing. Because he didn’t like the book at all.”
― Michael Z. Lewin, Underdog