Meriem glanced toward him. Now that the sun is setting I find it quite cool. I went into the jungle when I discovered your pony. I saw you in the trees with the baboons. They are my friends.
Friends are never that.
I lived among them for years before Bwana found me and brought me here. I scarce knew any other tongue than that of the mangani. You are spoofing me, Miss Meriem. Yes, I lived, almost naked, among the great apes and the lesser apes. I dwelt among the branches of the trees.