Summary

Part 5, Chapter 1

Lowell continues to tell Rose about the events that took place after he left the family. He talked about how he had his friends keeping an eye on Fern, since the FBI would have been waiting for him to show up to rescue her again. He said that Dr. Uljevik retired five years ago, which was ultimately a good thing since he didn’t really seem to care about the chimps. He was particularly rough on Fern. Lowell had tried to have one of his friends buy Fern, but he refused to sell her. Instead, they rescued a different chimp. Lowell revealed this is for the best, since chimps don’t always adapt to new homes well. The one they did rescue was nearly beaten to death by the other chimps.

Fern had gone on to have three children, though...