The Council of Animals

After humans cause “the Calamity,” the remaining animal populations on Earth gather to decide whether to allow the remaining human population to live. A council of seven animals, including six mammals and one mythical sea creature, meet to discuss the issue. When their initial vote is in favor of killing the humans by four to three, the animals who voted to allow the humans to live (a cat, a dog, and a bear) search for a way to save the human race. When the cat hears that there is a single human who speaks grak, the universal animal lingua franca, the three friends make their way to the human settlement with the help of some ninja moles. There they find a grak-speaking boy who volunteers to return with them and plead for his species with the other animals. His appearance provokes a wild melee, but he finally convinces the gathered animals to let the humans live by promising them something satisfyingly retributive and ironic.