A woman seated at the cinema was surprised to find, sitting in the two adjacent seats, a man with his arm around a sheep dog. All through the movie, she noticed the dog watching the film with apparent understanding snarling when the villain appeared, yelping happily at the funny parts. At the end of the movie, she tapped the man on the shoulder. “I just can’t get over how much your dog enjoyed the movie,” she said. “It surprises me too,” the man answered, “He absolutely despised the book.”