Is it we have appealed or we must.. i think its we have apprealed

Is this personification? "i have played the fox,now i must play the cat of the fable"

Read the passage: canines may not be the deepest thinkers in the world. but perhaps that's for the best. the life of a dog—sitting alone all day, waiting for everyone to come home—can be pretty boring. super-smart animals would probably get totally stressed out, says university of pennsylvania researcher james serpell. look at it this way: if dogs were any smarter, they probably wouldn't choose to hang around with us. which best describes the tone of the passage?

In describing jimmy wells as the truest, most loyal fellow, what tone is conveyed