If you spend a considerable amount of time with animals, it's likely that you have wondered how your pet dog or the cat you feed in your building perceive your world, just as you try to make sense of theirs.

German writer Sybille Berg's canine character in her play, Hund, Frau, Mann (or Dog, Man, Woman) tends to think, "We dogs and human beings are alike in many ways. We deal with catastrophes similarly: we accept them."