EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY Volume Nine, Number Four May/June 2000 A Meditation One afternoon a student observing chimpanzees at the Gombe Reserve took a break and climbed to the top of a ridge to watch the sun set over Lake Tanganyika. As the student, Geza Teleki, watched he noticed first one and then a second chimpanzee climbing up toward him. The two adult males were not together and saw each other only when they reached the top of the ridge. They did not see Teleki. The apes greeted each other with panting, clasped hands, and sat down together. In silence Teleki and the chimpanzees watched the sun set and twilight fall. From the book When Elephants Weep by J.M. Masson & S. McCarthy, chapter 10 (Delta/Dell 1996) Home     Table of Contents