The One and Only Ivan. Katherine Applegate

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      A New Beginning

      Poor Mack

      Colours

      A Bad Dream

      The Story

      How

      Remembering

      What They Did

      Something Else to Buy

      Another Ivan

      Days

      Nights

      Project

      Not Right

      Going Nowhere

      Bad Guys

      Ad

      Imagining

      Not-Tag

      One More Thing

      The Seven O’clock Show

      Twelve

      H

      Nervous

      Showing Julia

      More Paintings

      Chest Beating

      Angry

      Puzzle Pieces

      Finally

      The Next Morning

      Mad Human

      Phone Call

      A Star Again

      The Ape Artist

      Interview

      The Early News

      Signs on Sticks

      Protesters

      Check Marks

      Free Ruby

      New Box

      Training

      Poking and Prodding

      No Painting

      More Boxes

      Goodbye

      Click

      An Idea

      Respect

      Photo

      Leaving

      Good Boy

      Moving

      Awakening

      Missing

      Food

      Not Famous

      Something in the Air

      A New TV

      The Family

      Excited

      What I See

      Still There

      Watching

      She

      Door

      Wondering

      Ready

      Outside at Last

      Oops

      What It Was Like

      Pretending

      Nest

      More TV

      It

      Romance

      More About Romance

      Grooming

      Talk

      The Top of the Hill

      The Wall

      Safe

      Silverback

      Glossary

      Author’s Note

      Acknowledgments

      Also by Katherine Applegate

      About the Author

      Books by Katherine Applegate

      About the Publisher

      Hello

      I am Ivan. I am a gorilla.

      It’s not as easy as it looks.

      Names

      People call me the Freeway Gorilla. The Ape at Exit 8. The One and Only Ivan, Mighty Silverback.

      The names are mine, but they’re not me. I am Ivan, just Ivan, only Ivan.

      Humans waste words. They toss them like banana peels and leave them to rot.

      Everyone knows the peels are the best part.

      I suppose you think gorillas can’t understand you. Of course, you also probably think we can’t walk upright.

      Try knuckle walking for an hour. You tell me: which way is more fun?

      Patience

      I’ve learned to understand human words over the years, but understanding human speech is not the same as understanding humans.

      Humans speak too much. They chatter like chimps, crowding the world with their noise even when they have nothing to say.

      It took me some time to recognise all those human sounds, to weave words into things. But I was patient.

      Patient is a useful way to be when you’re an ape.

      Gorillas are as patient as stones. Humans, not so much.

      How I Look

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