The wild child (with JodyJames)

[Barbossasdaughter]

Far away in a jungle was living a Bonobo family, living from day to day. One little bonobo however was different as the young child was not a bonobo but a human girl of 7 years.
An expedition had long ago been conducted and the girl’s parents perished, leaving the infant alone. Having been found by the Bonobo matriarch, the infant was adopted and raised as their own.

The group had been quite excited these days as another expedition had been wandering around the jungle they were living in. Of course they were curious, yet careful as they only visited the camp at dawn to look. The little child was with them, looking at the things she found. Shoes, clothes and hats!

[JodyJames]

Professor Müdfly was up early this morning. He'd had touch of stomach flu the day before and had stayed on his cot. Now he was quite hungry. He stepped out of his tent being sure to close the mosquito netting behind him. The camp was still quiet as it was barely dawn.



He saw several chimpanzees (I just recalled that we didn't know the difference until very recently). They began to scatter as they saw him, but he stopped in surprise when he saw a dirty young girl. She was not in his group, and he didn't think there were any new arrivals, but she wasn't a native so she must have just arrived. "Hello, I'm Professor Müdfly, Dear, what's your name?"

[Barbossasdaughter]

The youngster saw the big man coming towards her and as the others scattered, she wanted to follow but only reached the nearest tree and looked down at that strange man. She hadn’t seen humans before, all she knew was her “family” and their language. She heard the strange noises the man made and showed her teeth to him and screeched. Well she tried to communicate.

The girl was dirty, had long, dirty hair and was of course naked. She was of average weight but a bit small, she was also due to her lack of hair considered a runt in her family but was looked after carefully.

[JodyJames]

Blair was amazed. The girl climbed the tree with such ease. He hadn't noticed while she was hunched over, but her hair was long and she was otherwise naked. The way she screeched at him sounded like an ape call. Was it possible?

He looked around and saw an apple lying on a table. It was bright red and he thought it might attract her attention. He held it out to her but she didn't budge. He realized she might not realize what an apple was. He took a bite and smiled. He held it out and mimed tossing it to her a few times. Then did toss it.

[Barbossasdaughter]

The girl looked at him. Well he did eat the thing. She climbed down quickly grabbing the apple before her siblings would get them. She bit into it and tasted. Hmm it was sweet. She made happy noises. Maybe he was a big ape? Like from another family?

She eyed him. His hands looked like hers. And her feet as well. More than those of her family. His nose was also nearly the same. At least the face was, except for the fur he had on his chin and under the nose. Maybe she could see if he liked to play.

She hunched over to him and nudged him then ran off. But came back as he didn’t budge. “Hiiih!” She made as if to say Play!

[JodyJames]

The girl didn't seem scared of him. She came over twice. It seemed like she was trying to tell him something. Perhaps she wanted another apple. He found both an apple and an orange then he put them in his pocket and followed her. He could barely keep up with her until she climbed a tree. He had no hope of doing that.

He sat down and held out another apple putting it on the ground close to him. He called, "Come it's for you."

[Barbossasdaughter]

Hm he didn’t seem to understand but didn’t seem to be a danger. The little one went up again but he didn’t follow. Oh well some other animals couldn’t climb either. As she saw the apple, she came down again.

She took it and munched it, watching the man, beginning to touch him. She saw his hand and put hers against it. Smaller but the same! She made exciting noises. The same meant family, that’s what she was taught.

[JodyJames]

"I wish I could understand you, child." he said. "I'm sure there would be lots you could tell me." He pulled the orange out of his pocket and held it up for her to see. He began to peel it and when it was finished, he took a section and put it in his mouth. He chewed carefully extracting two seeds which he showed her. He then threw the seeds away.

He pulled out another section and held it out to her. "This is even sweeter." he told her.

[Barbossasdaughter]

As he took the orange she was quite fascinated. Oh he opened it and ate it. She took the part, munched it and did spit out the seeds as he had showed. She listened to him whenever he spoke and sometimes it seemed as if she tried to imitate. Just like a very young child. “Hm! A! Uh!” She was quite surprised a bit about herself.

[JodyJames]

It looked like she was trying to speak. He held up the fruit. "Orange" he said. He patted the tree trunk. "Tree." He patted his chest, "Blair." He repeated it twice more. Then he patted his chest but said nothing looking at her. Would she get it?"