Jane Goodall
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She came into my room and found I'd taken... a whole handful of wriggly earthworms to bed. And instead of getting angry like most mothers, because, you know, she just said, she told me later, Jane, you are looking so intently. I think maybe you were wondering how they walk without legs. So we took them back into the earth.
She came into my room and found I'd taken... a whole handful of wriggly earthworms to bed. And instead of getting angry like most mothers, because, you know, she just said, she told me later, Jane, you are looking so intently. I think maybe you were wondering how they walk without legs. So we took them back into the earth.
Anyway, the point of that is that was the making of a little scientist, asking questions, not getting the answer, deciding to find out for yourself, making a mistake, not giving up, and learning patience. And a different mother might have crushed that early curiosity. And I might not be talking to you now.
Anyway, the point of that is that was the making of a little scientist, asking questions, not getting the answer, deciding to find out for yourself, making a mistake, not giving up, and learning patience. And a different mother might have crushed that early curiosity. And I might not be talking to you now.
Anyway, the point of that is that was the making of a little scientist, asking questions, not getting the answer, deciding to find out for yourself, making a mistake, not giving up, and learning patience. And a different mother might have crushed that early curiosity. And I might not be talking to you now.
Well, you have to remember to start with, I grew up in the war. Started when I was five. And, you know, we didn't have much money. My father went off to join the army. And we went to live with my grandmother. It was a house of women. And me and my sister, my mother, and her two sisters, and my grandmother.
Well, you have to remember to start with, I grew up in the war. Started when I was five. And, you know, we didn't have much money. My father went off to join the army. And we went to live with my grandmother. It was a house of women. And me and my sister, my mother, and her two sisters, and my grandmother.
Well, you have to remember to start with, I grew up in the war. Started when I was five. And, you know, we didn't have much money. My father went off to join the army. And we went to live with my grandmother. It was a house of women. And me and my sister, my mother, and her two sisters, and my grandmother.
And because there was no television back then, hadn't been invented, which you probably find it hard to imagine,
And because there was no television back then, hadn't been invented, which you probably find it hard to imagine,
And because there was no television back then, hadn't been invented, which you probably find it hard to imagine,
But anyway, you know, so I learned from being outside with nature, watching the squirrels and the birds garden in England and from books. I love books. And do you know Dr. Doolittle?
But anyway, you know, so I learned from being outside with nature, watching the squirrels and the birds garden in England and from books. I love books. And do you know Dr. Doolittle?
But anyway, you know, so I learned from being outside with nature, watching the squirrels and the birds garden in England and from books. I love books. And do you know Dr. Doolittle?
Well, I found the book of Dr. Doolittle when I was eight, came from the library. And then I used to save up just a few pennies of pocket money. My sister bought sweets with them. I saved them and I found a little secondhand bookshop. And I was 10 years old and I found this tiny cheap edition of Tarzan of the Apes, which Well, you know, no TV Tarzan, no film, just the book.
Well, I found the book of Dr. Doolittle when I was eight, came from the library. And then I used to save up just a few pennies of pocket money. My sister bought sweets with them. I saved them and I found a little secondhand bookshop. And I was 10 years old and I found this tiny cheap edition of Tarzan of the Apes, which Well, you know, no TV Tarzan, no film, just the book.
Well, I found the book of Dr. Doolittle when I was eight, came from the library. And then I used to save up just a few pennies of pocket money. My sister bought sweets with them. I saved them and I found a little secondhand bookshop. And I was 10 years old and I found this tiny cheap edition of Tarzan of the Apes, which Well, you know, no TV Tarzan, no film, just the book.
So I fell in love with this glorious lord of the jungle. And what did Tarzan do? He married the wrong Jane. So anyway, I knew there wasn't a toss. And that's when my dream began. I will grow up, go to Africa, live with wild animals and write books. No thought of being a scientist. No thought of, you know. And everybody said, that's ridiculous. I mean, you don't have money. Africa's far away.
So I fell in love with this glorious lord of the jungle. And what did Tarzan do? He married the wrong Jane. So anyway, I knew there wasn't a toss. And that's when my dream began. I will grow up, go to Africa, live with wild animals and write books. No thought of being a scientist. No thought of, you know. And everybody said, that's ridiculous. I mean, you don't have money. Africa's far away.
So I fell in love with this glorious lord of the jungle. And what did Tarzan do? He married the wrong Jane. So anyway, I knew there wasn't a toss. And that's when my dream began. I will grow up, go to Africa, live with wild animals and write books. No thought of being a scientist. No thought of, you know. And everybody said, that's ridiculous. I mean, you don't have money. Africa's far away.