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*** In fact, at one point after the Sea Hag captures him, he even teaches a ''beetle'' a few sentences of dragon language so it can pass on a message for him.
* ''[[The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness]]'': Torak. Only with wolves, ravens, and bears though.
* In the ''[[HitchThe HikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy|Hitchhiker's Guide]]'' books, after Arthur Dent learns how to fly, he also teaches himself the language of birds. This turns out to be a mistake, since all they talk about is nuts, bugs, sex and power-to-lift ratios. This means he's constantly surrounded by their inane chatter, but he ignores them as much as possible.
** Similar to the above, a footnote in ''[[Discworld/Monstrous Regiment|Monstrous Regiment]]'' points out that [[Blessed with Suck|it's tough to understand the actual meaning of bird calls]]. Every time you step outdoors, you're regaled by stuff like "Bugger off, this is ''my'' bush!" and "Have sex with me, I can make my chest big and red!"
* In ''Charlotte's Web,'' Fern is able to understand what the animals are saying when they talk to each other, although she is not showing speaking to them herself.
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