Being curious, learning from all of our experiences, is one of our most pleasing traits as human beings. In this series we examine particular facets of ourselves and, with the aid of many classic authors, delve into characters and stories that not only entertain us, but inform us on how short stories can help us both deal and understand issues that touch and weave into our lives with the words and narratives of many wise talents.In this volume our two legged and large brained authors examine just how we and animals co-exist with a mutual dependency on one another. Often these stories will show the finer aspects of our interactions although, of course, humanity often shows a crueller streak.01 - Lessons From Literature - Stories Exploring the Relationship Between Human and Animal - An Introduction2 - To Build a Fire by Jack London3 - A Passion in the Desert by Honore De Balzac4 - Federigos Falcon by Giovanni Boccaccio5 - Mumu by Ivan Turgenev6 - Esme by Saki7 - A Dark Brown Dog by Stephen Crane8 - The Canary by Katherine Mansfield9 - A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett10 - How I Killed a Bear by Charles Dudley Warner11 - The White Silence by Jack London12 - Running Wolf by Algernon Blackwood