Far away, on the top of a jungle mountain, hidden in cloud, lived the rarest of all the great apes. Many years ago a cargo plane crashed upon the mountain, inside it were crates full of all sorts of books. Back then, a young ape got inside the plane and found a broken crate. He got very excited seeing strange markings and lots of pictures in the books. In the coming months he learnt to read. In time he found some books that he loved, they were funny tales about strange animals and how they came to be known by their names. These were the ‘Just So’ stories by Rudyard Kipling. As he got older and had young apes he taught them all the stories he could, until he realised it was easier to teach them to read for themselves. This whole family of apes were peculiar…
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I’m so very glad to hear of Steve’s improving health. It warms my heart. Kharis Macey
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I always wondered and how fortunate we all were (but I’m sorry for the people in the plane crash)
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Oh the people survived, but went for help and couldn’t find the plane again 🙂
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