A child in Budapest
Jeet Heer, National Post
Published: Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Little kids have a dog's eye view of the world. From the standpoint of a two-year-old or a beagle, adults might as well be walking skyscrapers, their heads off in the clouds and their lives caught up in unfathomable concerns.

Living closer to the ground, kids and dogs are quick to sniff each other out, forming friendships based on the fact that they both have to contend with the arbitrary and unpredictable whims of the big people...