Did you know that a girl whose dream was to live among chimpanzees? Yes,I did .Jane Goodall was born in london ,England. By the time ,when she was a child ,she was curious about the animals .In many girl`s childhood there always had a doll to spend time with . So did Jane .But her doll was a big chimp and she named it Jubilee.She also had a lot of friengs to play with .But what was most special for her was being out in nature .One time ,she dug up some earrthworms .She took them back home and put them under the pillow .Her mother found it and told her that the worms needed to be in their own homes.Jane was unhappy ,but returned the worms to the yard .When she was 5 years old ,she was until loved animals .When she was curious to see how chicken laid eggs, she even stayed in the cotton for 5 hours .What perseverance this girl had! In these five hours her parents were very worried about her safety .They even called the police to report the girl was missing . When she come back .Her mother didn`t scold her .Because she knew that Jane wan`t a naughty.She was just walking in her own way When Jane found a job at a company which was to make documentary films ,she got a letter that changed Jane Goodall`s life .It came from her old classmate----Clo.Clo`s family had bought a farm in Africa .and he wanted her to visit his farm .Jane Goodall liked to do that .But she still moved back home in Bournemonth.She begain to save up for her trip . All in all ,Jane was a good waitress .She could do more things than others .She could carry many plates balanced on her arms .Soon ,Jane`s Africa trip began. Three weeks later she got there .The first day,she got a best birthday gifts .There was a giraffe ran behind their car .Soon,Jane knew she was a guest ,so she couldn`t stay at the farm for more than a few weeks .Jane was lucky ,soon she got a big transition of her life .She met a famous scientist louis leakey .Their job was to dig holes for fossils. They were looking for fossils of the very earliest humans . Jane decided to work as Leakey at a museum in the Kenya .For a short time .Jane knew how to dig fossils . She spend 10 hours a day ,but usually she found nothing. Jane Goodall wasn`t the only one .One person lived in the forest was too lonely.The person lived beside Jane was Jane`s mother----Vanne .In this place ,a cook was very important for any scientist . Vanne and Jane lived in the sa me old army tent .In the tent ,there was a sparated area for washing clothes .The toilet there was outside . In the forest ,there always were many mosquito there .So they put the mosquito netting covered the front of the tent .First,the officialin Africa had worried about Jane`s safty .So they called Jane`s mother Vanne to go with her .When Jane went to work ,Vanne always wrote up her notes of the day .But what did VAnne do all day while JAne was out to work She set up a clinic and provided basic health care to the local family.She even helped to deliver babies .Soon JAne and Vanne went into the forest .compared to find fossils ,was much easier .Soon, they needed alocal guide But JAne thought two persons made more noise than one .Beacause she had na guide ,so it was dangerous for her to work on the forest. Now ,jane got discourage by hoe little progress,she had made with the chimps .She and Vanne both got sick .The mosquitos in the forest ,one of them named malaria.They had no drugs.First ,JAne had told her mom that there wasn`t malaria inAfrica.So they didn`t take any medicine. For two weeks ,they never left their tent.By the time ,Jane was very sad .She even blamed herself .But they were so lucky ,that they recoverd for two weeks .In october ,Vanne ahd gone home .
Who Is Jane Goodall?
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