My Life With a Chimpanzee

Literature My Life With A Chimpanzee Jane Goodall P.101 to 104 -Author: Jane Goodall is the most celebrated primatologists, or researcher of primates (mammals). 2-She spent extended periods living and discovering chimpanzees. She also co-founded the Jane Goodall institute for wild life, research, Education, and conversation. A-Summary: 1-Gombe stream national park in Tanzania is the best known as the site of Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking ( remarkable). It was the home to a great variety of animals. 2-July 16,1960 was a day I shall remember, it was when I first set foot on the shingle ( log) and sand beach of chimpanzee land. I was twenty six years old. 3-Mum and I were greeted by two African game scouts (explorer) . They helped us to find a place where we could put up our old ex-army tent. We chose a lovely spot under some shady trees near the small, fast flowing Kakombe stream (river). We had found a cook, Dominic. He put up his little tent some distance from ours and quite near the lake. 4-When camp was ready I set off to explore. It was already late afternoon, so I could not go far. There had been a grass fire not long before, so all vegetation (plant) of the more open ridges (top) had burned away. That made it quiet easy to move around, except that the slopes (downhill) above the valley were very steep (sharp) in places. 5-My first exploration was very thirlled, I met a troop (group) of baboons. They were afraid of the strange, white skinned creature and gave their barking alarm call. I saw a forest antelope about the size of goat. She was a female because she had no horns. 6-When I looked down into the valley. The forest was dark and thick. I wanted to look for chimpanzees. When I got back to camp it was dusk. Dominic had made a fire and he was cooking our supper ( dinner). For four days, we had fresh food from Kigoma, but after that we ate out of cans. Louis had not managed to find much money for our expedition ( exploration) so our tools were few. 7-Early next morning, I set out to search for chimpanzees. I was told not to travel about mountians by myself. I had to take one of the game scout ( A preson knows every area of the forest). So I set off with Adolf. We saw two chimps eating in a tall tree. When they saw us, they vanished. We didn’t seen no Chimps the next day nor the day after. 8-After a week ago, we found a very big tree full of tiny round red fruits. It was called msulula. We could watch chimps arrving at the other side of the valley. They arrived at the tree. I decided to camp in this site to see them in the morning. I have spent three days in that valley. Trees were very thick. 9-There was another problem, Adolf was very lazy. I decided to try another man, Rashidi, He was better and helped me a lot. He had sharp eyes and spotted chimps from far away. 11- After several months, the chimps hadn’t used to us. I tried to move around the forest by myself, and tell Rashidi about my direction to look for me if I got lost. By this way I could make friends with chimpanzees. 12-Every morning, I got up at 5:30 a:m. I ate a couple of slices of bread and had a cup of coffee, then I set off to look for chimpanzees. 13-I went to the peak (top) to discover chimps in all directions through my binoculars (scope). I began to learn about chimps’ homes and how they lived. I discovered that all chimps live in a small groups. Sometimes many groups joined together. They were very excited when they got together. 14-Finally, there were about fifty chimps forming a community they lived in three valleys Kaskela, Linda, and Rutanga. When the chimps were feeding, I walked downs to collect some of leaves, flowers, or fruits. Chimps eat good fruits and some kinds of leaves. 15-During those months of gradual discovery, the chimps began to realize that I was not so frightening after all. They became a nuisance ( noisy) around the camp by grabbing any food. 16-I began to learn about the other creatures that shared the forests with the chimpanzees. There were four kinds of monkeys, nighttime creatures, buffalo, and leopards. Pigs can be dangerous. I saw a dark shape of a large animal looming (appear) in front of me. It was a buffalo. Many hunters fear buffalo more than lions. 17-I was lucky because the wind was blowing from him to me. She couldn’t smell me. I try to move as quietly as I can in the bush. I also heared a mewing sound. I looked around and there, about fiften yards, there was a leopard. I was frightened of it. I moved away silently. B-Post reading questions: 1-Define the setting in the story. 2-How did the african game scouts help Jane and his mum? 3-What did the author meet in her first exploration? 4-Do you think Rashidi was helpful? Why? 5-If you faced a chimpanzee oneday, are you going to be afriad?why? why not? 6-What did the author see in the forest? Literature My life with A Chimpanzee Author: Jane Goodall P.105 to 108 A-Summary: 1-Chimps sleep all night, just as we do. From the peak I often watched how they made their nests, or beds. They bent a branch down over some solid foundation, holding it in place with his feet. He ended up the nest by making a pillow. 2-I never returned to camp before sunset. I have to go to have supper with my mother and tell her what I had seen that day. 3-Mum set up a clinic. She handed out medicine to any of the local Africans, mostly fishermen, who were sick. Once she cured an old man who was very ill indeed. Words about the cure spread and patients walked for miles to get this cure from a wonderful white woman doctor. 4-Mum wanted to go back to England to manage things at home. She was worried about leaving me on my own. Dominic was wonderful cook and company. He wasn’t reliable ( trusted ), so Louis asked Hassan to come all the way to help with the boat and engine. 5-I was excited when Dominic told me that a big male chimp had spent an hour feeding on the fruit of one of the oil nut palms. This was fantastic news; the chimps had been running off when they saw me. 6-I heard a rustling in the undergrowth opposite my tent, and black shape appeared on the other side of the clearing ( A land whose trees are cut). It was the male chimp with a white beard. 7-I named him David Greybeard. He climbed the palm and feasted to its nut. David visited the tree for five days to get lots of bananas. David took a banana from my hand. I could hardly believe it. 8-from that time on things got easier. Sometimes when I met David out in the forest, he would come up to see if I had bananas in my pocket. 9-One morning, I came upon David. He picked a blade (very sharp) of grass, poked it into a tunnel in the mound ( hill) and then withdrew (pull) it. The grass was covered with termites ( white ant). He picked them with his lips as he was fishing. 10-I was really thrilled. David used objects as tools. I thought only humans could make tools. In October the dry season ended and it began to rain. Flowers appeared and the air smelled lovely. I loved being out of the forest in the rain. I also loved the cool evenings when I could lace (tie) the tent and make it cozy ( comfortable). B-Post reading questions: 1-What do you know about Gombe Stream National Park? 2-Describe the lovely spot that Jane and her mother chose. 3-Why the author couldn’t go far to explore?