Listen! (9780062213358) (19 page)

Authors: Stephanie S. Tolan

BOOK: Listen! (9780062213358)

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If you are able to make pictures in your mind, you may find that sending pictures works better for you and your animal. Imagine as clearly as you can your animal getting up and coming over to you. See it in your mind doing whatever it might if you called it with wordsâleaning on you, jumping into your lap, licking your hand. It may take some time to find out whether you and your animal are more comfortable with words or images as the carrier of the information you wish to exchange.

However you do this, you are likely to find that with practice it works more and more easily. You may find that you can eventually send complex information and your animal companion will give you clear indications of understanding.

Once you get comfortable with sending information, you're probably ready to try receiving. This is trickier because it isn't something we expect to be able to do, and because animals are not sending information in words. That means we have to open our minds to information that comes in ways we're not used to. It involves new ways of
listening
, and using your imagination. Often, when you begin to have success receiving, you'll discover that however the animal is sending, you can get the message in words. If you find it easier to use mental pictures in sending, you may discover that what you are receiving comes in pictures as well. Most important to all of this is believing you and your animal can do it.

About the Author

Stephanie S. Tolan
is the author of more than twenty books for young readers, including
WELCOME TO THE ARK, FLIGHT OF THE RAVEN
, and the Newbery Honor Book
SURVIVING THE APPLEWHITES
. She lives on a little lake in a big woods in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband (Bob), two dogs (Coyote and Samantha), two fish (Blanche and Noir), and plenty of outdoor creatures.

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Other Works

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Credits

Cover design by Amy Ryan

Copyright

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HarperCollins Publishers.

Listen!

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Library of Congress catalog card number:

2005017792

ISBN 978-0-06-057937-1

EPub Edition Â© APRIL 2012 ISBN 9780062213358