Jamie has several ways of letting us know what she wants, and when. Today, while I cleaned the playroom with volunteer Lizz, Jamie was banging on the caging requesting our attention. Because Lizz was in the process of hosing down the playroom we thought that maybe Jamie wanted a drink from the hose. When Lizz offered, she declined. So what did she want? We continued our cleaning and Jamie hit the caging again. At this point we stopped what we were doing because the task of figuring out what she wanted was more important than cleaning. I walked towards her and she led me to the human doors of the front rooms. When I got to the other side, she slid the cover of her favorite book, “Lucy: A day in the life of a young bonobo”, under the door for me to grab. Once it was in my hands she sprinted to the greenhouse and out to Young’s Hill. I followed her outside. Once I arrived to where she was patiently waiting, she started gesturing towards the barn. The only thing that she could ever want from the barn is the gator. At this point I’m not entirely sure that’s what she wants but I went to get it. Turns out, she wanted me to carry the cover of the book while I drove around the hill on the gator. She looked very pleased.
Jamie loves her bonobo books! You can donate more books and other much needed items by going into our Amazon Wish list here.
