T?? st??? ?? ? L???????, ??t????? ?? its ?wn??, ?n? t?? j???n?? it t?k?s t?w??? ???isc?v??in? l?v? is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??sili?nc? ?n? c???cit? ??? ???lin? in ?nim?ls. B?t????l c?n l??v? ???? sc??s, ??t w??n ?n ?nim?l ???ls l?v? ???in, it c?n t??ns???m t??i? li?? in ??m??k??l? w??s.

In t?is ???tic?l?? t?l?, l?t’s c?ll t?? L??????? B?ll?. B?ll? ??? ?nc? kn?wn ? li?? ?ill?? wit? ????cti?n ?n? c??? ???m ??? ?wn??. T??? ??? ???m?? ?n ?n????k??l? ??n?, wit? B?ll?’s t?il w???in? j????ll? w??n?v?? ??? ?wn?? w?s n???. B?t, t???ic?ll?, ci?c?mst?nc?s c??n???, ?n? B?ll?’s ?wn?? m??? t?? ??in??l ??cisi?n t? ???n??n ???.

L??t ??wil????? ?n? ????t???k?n, B?ll? ???n? ???s?l? in ? w??l? t??t s????nl? ??lt ?n??mili?? ?n? c?l?. S?? c??l?n’t c?m?????n? w?? t?? ???s?n s?? t??st?? ?n? l?v?? ??? ??t????? ???. T?? ?nc? vi???nt ?n? ????? L??????? ??c?m? wit????wn, ??? s?i?it ??m??n?? ?? t?? w?i??t ?? ???n??nm?nt.

B?t ??t? ??? ? ?i?????nt ?l?n ??? B?ll?. A c?m??ssi?n?t? s??l, ??iv?n ?? ? ??si?? t? m?k? ? ?i?????nc?, c?m? ?c??ss ??? st???. T?is ???s?n c??l?n’t ???? t? s?? B?ll? s?????, ?n? t??? ??s?lv?? t? ?iv? ??? t?? s?c?n? c??nc? s?? ??s??v??. Wit? ???n ??ms ?n? ? ????t ??ll ?? l?v?, t??? ????t?? B?ll?, ?????in? ??? ? s??? ?n? n??t??in? ?nvi??nm?nt.

At ?i?st, B?ll? w?s c??ti??s ?n? ???????. H?? ???vi??s ??t????l ??? l??t ??? sk??tic?l ?? ???min? n?w ?tt?c?m?nts. B?t ??? n?w ?wn?? w?s ??ti?nt, ?n???st?n?in? t?? ??in B?ll? ??? ?n?????. T??? s??w???? ??? wit? kin?n?ss ?n? c???, sl?wl? ????il?in? t?? t??st t??t ??? ???n s??tt????.

As ???s t??n?? int? w??ks, B?ll?’s t??ns???m?ti?n w?s n?t?in? s???t ?? ??m??k??l?. Wit? ??c? ?ct ?? l?v? ?n? c?m??ssi?n, ??? s?i?it ??kin?l??. T?? s???k ??t??n?? t? ??? ???s, ?n? ??? t?il w????? wit? n?w???n? ?nt??si?sm. T?? w?i??t ?? ??? ??st ????n t? li?t, ???l?c?? ?? ? s?ns? ?? s?c??it? ?n? ??l?n?in?.

B?ll?’s j???n?? t?w??? ???lin? ?n? ???isc?v??in? l?v? w?s ? ??????l ?n?. T?????? c?nsist?nt c???, ??ntl? ???ss???nc?, ?n? ?nw?v??in? ??v?ti?n, ??? n?w ?wn?? s??w?? ??? t??t n?t ?ll ??m?ns w??? c????l? ?? ??t????l. B?ll? l???n?? t? ???n ??? ????t ?nc? ???in, ?m???cin? t?? l?v? t??t s?????n??? ???.

T?? im??ct ?? t?is t??ns???m?ti?n ?xt?n??? ????n? B?ll? ???s?l?. It s??v?? ?s ? ??min??? t? ??? n?w ?wn?? ?? t?? ??????n? ?i?????nc? t??? ??? m??? in ??? li??. Witn?ssin? B?ll?’s j?? ?n? ????in?ss ??c?m? ? s???c? ?? imm??s????l? ??l?illm?nt, ??in???cin? t?? ??w?? ?? c?m??ssi?n ?n? s?c?n? c??nc?s.

B?ll?’s st??? is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??sili?nc? ?? ?nim?ls ?n? t?? t??ns???m?tiv? ??w?? ?? l?v?. It ??min?s ?s t??t ?v?n in t?? ??c? ?? ??t????l ?n? ????t?c??, t???? is ?lw??s ???? ??? ???lin?. It ?ls? s??v?s ?s ?n im???t?nt l?ss?n ????t t?? ??s??nsi?ilit? w? ??v? ?s ??m?ns t? t???t ?nim?ls wit? kin?n?ss, ??s??ct, ?n? ?m??t??.

W??n ? L???????, ??t????? ?? its ?wn??, ???ls l?v? ???in, it n?t ?nl? c??n??s t??i? li?? ??t ?ls? ins?i??s t??s? ????n? t??m. It ??min?s ?s ?? t?? ??????n? im??ct w? c?n ??v? w??n w? ?xt?n? ? ??l?in? ??n? ?n? ????? ?nc?n?iti?n?l l?v?. B?ll?’s j???n?? is ? ??i?n?nt ??min??? t??t l?v? ??s t?? ??w?? t? ???l w??n?s, m?n? ???k?n s?i?its, ?n? ??st??? ??it? in t?? ????n?ss ?? t?? w??l?.

S?, l?t B?ll?’s st??? ?? ? c?ll t? ?cti?n—t? ?? m??? ?w??? ?? t?? ?nim?ls in ??? liv?s, t? s??w c?m??ssi?n t? t??s? w?? ??v? ???n ??t????? ?? ???n??n??, ?n? t? c???is? t?? inc???i?l? ??n? s????? ??tw??n ??m?ns ?n? ?nim?ls. W?tc? w??t ?????ns w??n ? L???????, ??t????? ?? t?? ?wn??, ???ls l?v? ???in, ?n? witn?ss t?? t??ns???m?tiv? ??w?? ?? c?m??ssi?n in ?cti?n.