Chapter One: Athena-Encountering the Mind of a Mollusk
This story begins at the New England Aquarium, in Boston. This is where the courtship with octopuses began for author Sy Montgomery. It started with an octopus named Athena. Octopuses are part of the invertebrate family. For numerous years, the octopus was considered an eminently dangerous sea going animal. Although, Montgomery would initiate contact with Athena and it was far from dangerous. An octopus has a multitude of traits and talents. Octopuses have diverse personalities and act differently in relation to those they trust. Octopuses are remarkably intelligent, and are known to be an escape-artist. Furthermore, it is essential to keep an octopus entertained or they become bored. Montgomery started to form a friendship with Athena, however, Athena would die before their fourth meeting.

This chapter was extremely interesting. I had already learned a number of facts about octopuses. Although, I did not know that they are venomous or that they lived such short lives. Nor did I know that they could fit through small holes or that they could be friendly and like to play.

Chapter Two: Octavia-This Shouldn’t Be Happening: Tasting Pain, Seeing Dreams
Athena would be replaced by Octavia. Octavia was not sociable like Athena, at first. Contradictory to Athena, she did not grow up at the aquarium. She was captured in the wild. Octopuses get along with the sunflower sea star, anemones, and starfish. Fish and other animals,