Of Deadlne Dragons and a rescued chimpanzee

I have finished the copy-edited ms for Putnam’s, now need to go over it for my British publisher. Then the fun really begins—the Author’s Note, which is always the most challenging task for me, often harder than the book itself. But the solitary confinement ought to be over and I hope to be able to drop by now and then. It is likely to be a while, though, before I can start blogging about the Richard III tour. Meanwhile, here is a bittersweet story about a chimpanzee who spent sixteen years in a cage and who has now been set free in a sanctuary in Cameroon. What is so amazing is that he did not know how to communicate with other chimpanzees because of his long isolation, and that often triggers aggression. But they seem to understand that he is “different” and the dominant male has taken Bazou under his wing. So there is a happy ending, albeit sixteen years late.
http://www.care2.com/causes/after-16-...