In the Life of a Mammalia
(In Other Words... a
Chimpanzee)
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Inside a dense tropical rainforest
lived a chimpanzee named Aku; she was a very beautiful chimpanzee indeed. All
the males would fight to get her attention, but she never seemed to pay any
mind to that. What she wanted most in life was to see the big, and wide world.
She has heard lots of other
chimpanzees talk about it, but none of the other chimps knew that she was
listening. She would always find some nuts to eat and as she chomped them down
she would perk her left ear up, because her left ear was her strongest ear, and
she would memorize every word they said.
“There are lots of human out there”,
Mama Sadie said to Gertrude.
“Humans?”
Avu thought, she had never even thought of what those might look like.
“I saw one once. They had fingers,
ears, and a mouth just like us”, Gertrude whispered.
“Just like us?” now Avu thoughts
began to stir. She decided that she had to see one of those for herself.
Avu ate as much as she could for
dinner that night so that ready she could sneak out at the peak of dawn when
nobody was awake. She would have to be agile for nobody in her community would
hear. If she made one clumsy mistake it could wake up all fifty family members,
especially Papa Lenerd. If Avu woke him up her would pound his chest and show
his big wide teeth and yell at her for the rest of the night, Avu knew just
what to do.
“Here Papa Lenerd, just for you!”
Avu passed him a mound of fruits just for him.
“Why thank you Avu, that’s awful
nice. A little too nice if you ask me. If I were to analyze your act of
selflessness I would assume that you were up to something, but there is no need
for that. I know that I can trust my beautiful chimp.
“No need to worry Papa, when you wake
up in the morning I will be snug as a bug right nest to you in my nest,” Avu
said with a grin. She was always a terrible liar.
But Papa Lenerd was even more gullible. He
leaned over to Avu and gave her a pat on the back, “I hope you dream of the
big, and wide world tonight,” he said with a sincere smile.
“I will Papa, I sure will,” Avu said
with a sly smirk.
To Be Continued….
