"Ian Watson - Early, In The Evening" - читать интересную книгу автора (Watson Ian)

In the evening, the biped eventually achieved sentience. Its mind was
confused by images of running on all fours.

As the moon arose the big-eyed lemur awoke. It gulped the warm sweet air.
How clearly it could see compared with its disappearing dream of being
underwater. The lemur climbed a branch, aspiring to the bleached light. It
chattered to itself -- "Dik, dik, dik!" Somehow it found the noise
comforting.
A thought almost crystallised: an awareness of self. But oh the mesmerism
of the moon. Self-consciousness submerged, as if tropic waters had risen
to drown the forest.

й Ian Watson 1996,1998
This story first appeared in Asimov's SF Magazine in 1996.