Chapter 8 A Special Language
Chapter 8 A Special Language Chapter 8 A Special Language The rain ended. Slowly the feeding came to a stop. Big Guy led his family into a clearing. The tall grass sparkled with misty sunlight. The silverback lay down and tucked his arms under his head. The other gorillas gathered around him. Some beat the grasses until they were flat. Ho-ho's mom made a bed of weed stalks for Ho-ho. Bu-bu's mom made a bed of leaves for Bu-bu. Then she made two extra beds for Jack and Annie. They la
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Chapter 8 A Special Language
Chapter 8 A Special Language
The rain ended. Slowly the feeding came to a stop.
Big Guy led his family into a clearing.The tall grass sparkled with misty sunlight.
The silverback lay down and tucked his arms under his head.
The other gorillas gathered around him.Some beat the grasses until they were flat.
Ho-ho's mom made a bed of weed stalks for Ho-ho.Bu-bu's mom made a bed of leaves for Bu-bu.Then she made two extra beds for Jack and Annie.
They lay down with all the gorillas to take their naps.Jack used his backpack for a pillow.
Lying on his leafy bed, Jack watched the mother of the baby gorilla groom her small baby.The mother parted his hair and searched through it, picking at his skin now and then.
The baby soon wiggled free and crawled around in the grass.His mother's gaze then rested on Annie.She moved over to Annie and gently grabbed one of her pigtails. She studied it carefully.
"What are you doing?" Annie asked.
"She's looking for bugs, I think," said Jack. "Oh, yuck!" said Annie, sitting up.
Jack laughed. Just then, the baby's mother reached for him.
"Oops! No thanks! No bugs on me!" he said, and he sat up, too.
The mother gorilla lay back in the grass and closed her eyes.Her baby crawled over to Annie.
"Hi, Little Guy," Annie said tenderly. She picked up the baby and stroked his head.The baby smiled at her and closed his eyes.
While all the gorillas napped, Jack sneaked the book out of his pack.He found the gorilla chapter. He read softly to Annie:Gorillas are very smart. A captive gorilla named Koko has even learned sign language.Sign language is a special language used by people who cannot hear. Koko can say -
"What?" Annie said loudly. "Sign language? A special language?"
Her voice woke Bu-bu and Ho-ho.They sat up and rubbed their eyes. "So?" said Jack.
"Morgan's secret rhyme!" said Annie. "Don't you remember?" She repeated the rhyme:To find a special kind of magic in worlds so far apart,speak a special language, talk with your hands and heart. "Oh ... yeah!" said Jack.
"I even know a little sign language," said Annie. "In school, we learned how to sign I love you."
Annie held up a closed hand. Slowly she lifted her thumb, index finger, and little finger.She showed the sign to Bu-bu and Ho-ho.
"I - love - you," she said slowly.The small gorillas looked curious. Jack made the sign, too.
"I - love - you," he said to Bu-bu and Ho-ho.
