Chapter 2 Jungle
Chapter 2 Jungle Chapter 2 Jungle For a whole week, Eric spent hours in his bedroom, secretly practising ear language. Then he went with Dad to the zoo. "It might work," thought Eric. "You never know. It just might." At the zoo, Dad went off to feed the monkeys. "Now," murmured Eric, "who shall I talk to first?" He began wandering round the zoo. He felt very nervous. Lots of the animals were big and fierce and wild. Would they want to talk to a small, weedy human? The giraffes look
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Chapter 2 Jungle
Chapter 2 Jungle
For a whole week, Eric spent hours in his bedroom, secretly practising ear language.Then he went with Dad to the zoo.
"It might work," thought Eric."You never know. It just might."
At the zoo, Dad went off to feed the monkeys.
"Now," murmured Eric, "who shall I talk to first?"
He began wandering round the zoo.He felt very nervous.Lots of the animals were big and fierce and wild.Would they want to talk to a small, weedy human?
The giraffes looked haughty.The lions were scary.The polar bears were asleep.At last, he stopped outside the elephant pen.
He put on the cap.He fitted on the big, flappy elephant ears.
"What shall I say first?" he thought.
He gave his ears four twists and two waggles.That meant, "I, a human child, have come to see you!"
The elephants took no notice.They carried on chewing leaves.
"Dad's right," thought Eric, sadly."This ear language is rubbish!"
He gave it one more try.
"Hello!" he signalled, waggling his left ear.Nothing. None of the big elephants waggled "Hello!" back.
Then two baby elephants wandered up to the fence.
They were called Maya and Miko.Maya began waggling her ears.Three flaps, two left ear waggles.
"Does that mean anything?" thought Eric.He hardly dared to hope.He looked it up in his little blue book.
"Yes, it does!" he cried.He was thrilled."An elephant is actually talking to me!"
"What is outside the big gates?" Maya was asking him.
"Outside?" thought Eric."Does she mean outside the zoo?"
He frowned. He looked at the little blue book.It was a very hard question to answer.Ear language had no words for cars or crowds or busy roads.
There was a quiet little park just outside the zoo gates.But there was no word for 'park' in ear language, either.
Maya was getting impatient.
"Ah, here's something!" thought Eric.He'd found a word.It wasn't right, but it would have to do.
