Talking animals in fiction Talking animals in fiction Talking animals are a common theme in mythology and folk tales, as well as children's literature. Fictional talking animals often are anthropomorphic, possessing human-like qualities but appearing as a creature. The usage of talking animals enable storytellers to combine the basic characteristics of the animal with human behavior, to apply metaphor, and to entertain children. There are a number of alleged real-life talking animals. The creature retains its original form without much change, other than being able to speak. Sometimes it may only speak as a narration for the reader's convenience. The rabbits in "Watership Down"
Watership Down (TV series) on the CD and none of the recorded songs are present, possibly due to either copyrights involving many of the guest singers and their record labels and/or perhaps due to the death of Stephen Gately. The re-released soundtrack has recently become available separately from the Cube in a 2-CD set, along with the soundtrack to the film Caravans. Currently the music cube re-released version of the soundtrack is also available to download in Mp3 format from Amazon's UK website. Watership Down (TV series) Watership Down is a British-Canadian animated fantasy children's television series, adapted from the novel of the same