"Chris Lawson - Empathy" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lawson Chris)

She pulls down the cloth over her face so I can see her smile.

She is nice. She gives me an apple. My arms are stuck so she puts it in my mouth for me. I bite and
chew. The apple makes me feel better even though I am not hungry. The woman makes funny shapes
with her hands. I don't know why. She makes more funny shapes. I want to make funny shapes back to
her, but my arms are stuck in the cloth.

The man goes to the front and starts the engine. He is dangerous. The woman is nice. The white man
scares the woman too, I think. Maybe she helps me if I talk nice to her.

So I say to her, "Hello." She stares at me.

I say "Hello" again.

Her mouth drops. She shouts to the man. "He talks!" she says.

The man doesn't know what she means. Then she uses the baldface language. I know bits of baldface
language. Some of the words I hear, but there are lots of extra little words, lots of esses, and she talks
very fast. She says something like, "Not sign language. He speaks with his mouth." I do not understand
what is sign language. It is not baldface language or bonobo creole. It must be something different. Of
course I speak with my mouth. How else? The man looks angry at the woman. He is very scary.

"Don't be ridiculous! He is a chimp!" he shouts.

I say, "Not he! She! Not chimp! Bonobo!" The white man and the white woman stare at me.

"Special bonobo," I say. "Fox-p bonobo. Very special. My name is Jules." They still do not speak. I tell
them my name, but they say nothing. They are rude. They should tell me their names. I try again very
polite.

"My name is Jules." The woman says, "My God." I do not know what that means, but I hear baldface
people say it sometimes on Benny Hinn's show.

The man also speaks. He says some other words baldfaces say when they think I cannot hear them.

The white man shouts at Raoul. Why? Raoul is not rude. The white man says words like "bastard" which
I hear before on TV, and "mengeler" and "vivisessionist," which I do not. He says we come to Costa
Rica so Raoul can do "essperiments" that are not allowed in "america." But he is wrong. I always live in
Costa Rica my whole life. I see weather reports on my TV and they always show the weather for Costa
Rica as long as I remember.
The man gets out and comes to the back of the van.

He hits Raoul. This scares me fi rst, then makes me angry.

Raoul is nice. Why hit Raoul? I want to help Raoul. The cloth holds my arms tight, but not my legs.

I shout angry and jump onto the white man's back.

He falls forward. I jump up and down on his head. I know I hurt him, but he is strong and the woman