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RACHEL IN LOVE By Pat Murphy [17 jan 2001 – scanned for #bookz, proofread and released – v1] Animals have minds and selfidentities, but they are strictly limited by the necessities of their struggle to eat, survive and reproduce. What need then does an animal of the wild have for the heavy and contemplative brain of a human who must live in a highly complex and devious society? This is the story of an experiment in that directionand a vivid exposition of the conflict between natural emotion and unnatural intelligence. It is a Sunday morning in summer and a small brown chimpanzee named Rachel sits on the living room floor of a remote ranch house on the edge of the Painted Desert. She is watching a Tarzan movie on television. Her hairy arms are wrapped around her knees and she rocks back and forth with suppressed excitement. She knows that her father would say that shes too old for such childish amusements-but since Aaron is still sleeping, he cant chastise her. On the television, Tarzan has been trapped in a bamboo cage by a band of wicked Pygmies. Rachel is afraid that he wont escape in time to save Jane from the ivory smugglers who hold her captive. The movie cuts to Jane, who is tied up in the back of a jeep, and Rachel whimpers softly to herself. She knows better than to howl: she peeked into her fathers bedroom earlier, and he was still in bed. Aaron doesnt like her to howl when he is sleeping. When the movie breaks for a commercial, Rachel goes to her fathers room. She is ready for breakfast and she wants him to get up. She tiptoes to the bed to see if he is awake. His eyes are open and he is staring at nothing. His face is pale and his lips are a purplish color. Dr. Aaron Jacobs, the man Rachel calls father, is not asleep. He is dead, having died in the ni