Paul Rosolie

And so she has to take a picture, shake their hand.

They say, you mean so much to me.

She says, thank you.

And then they move on and they say, we'll send you the picture.

Okay, great.

And so I got my moment and we waited in line for a long time and I gave her this manila envelope

with two chapters in it.

And one chapter was Lulu, the giant anteater from mother of God.

And the other chapter was me, JJ and Pico out on the river, catching anacondas and just talking about how amazing the jungle was.

And I said, I'd love it if you could endorse my book that doesn't exist yet.

And I felt like such a loser doing that.

And I felt so stupid because I feel like everyone was probably asking something of her.

And I, you know, it's, it's incredibly draining to, to talk to that many people, even if it is for a good reason.

And,

And 48 hours later, she got back and she said, this is incredible.

I would love to write a recommendation for your book as soon as you find a publisher.

And what happened with that is that

Jane, the way I think of it is, you know, she waved her very powerful magical wand in my direction.

And she had the incredible compassion and presence to actually, I mean, you know, after talking to that many people and being on the road 300 days a year and being Jane Goodall, this living legend scientist.

to actually do something so mundane as look at some kid's writing.