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One and Only Ivan pgs. 111-122

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hey it's mrs. Jackson today I'm going to be starting on page 111 turn to page 111 and it is called The Promise my domain gleams with moonlight When I Wake for the sound of call Ivan Stella says in a horse whisperer Ivan and here Stella I set up abruptly and Bob topples off my stomach and run to a window I can see Ruby next to Stella sleeping soundly Ivan I want you to promise me something Stella says anything I say I've never asked for a promise before because promises are forever and forever is an unusually long time especially when you're in a cage domain I correct domain she agrees I straighten to my full height I promise Stella I say in a voice that's like my father's but you haven't heard what I'm asking you. She says and she closes her eyes for a moment a great chest shutters I promise anyway so it doesn't say anything for a long time never mind she finally says I don't know what I was thinking the pain has made me a doll a doll released her trunk moved as if she was reaching for something that isn't there when I say the words they surprised me you want me to take care of Ruby Stella nods a small gesture and makes her wins if she can have the life different from mine she needs a safe place Ivan not not here I say it would be easier to promise to stop eating stop breathing or just stop being a gorilla I promise Stella I say I promise it on my word as a Silverback page 114 knowing before Mac before Bob even before Ruby I know that Stella is gone I know it the way that you know summer is over in the winter is on his I just know Stella wants to tease me that elephants are superior because they feel more joy and more grief than Apes your gorilla heart is made of ice Ivan he said her eyes glittering ours is made of Fire right now I would give all the yogurt raisins in the world to have a heart made of ice Peach 115 five men Bob heard from a rat a reliable sort that they tossed Ellis body into a garbage truck 5 men and a forklift page 116 Comfort all day I try to comfort Ruby but what can I say it's still had a good and happy life that she lived as she was meant to live that she died with those who love nearby at least the last is true page 117 crying Julia cries all evening while her father sleep Suites in maps and dusts and cleans the toilet when George sees Mac he runs to him I can only hear few of its words that should have wrong Max shrugs his shoulders droop he leaves without a word when George wipes the fingerprints off of glass his cheeks are wet he doesn't meet my eyes page 118 The One and Only Ivan when all humans have left I sent Bob to check on Ruby how is she I asked when he returned she shivering Bob says I tried to cover with hay and told her not to worry because you were going to save her a glare at him you told her that you promised Stella By blowers this head I wanted to make the feel better I shouldn't have made that promise Bob I just wanted a point to sell its domain and for a moment it seems like I've forgotten how to breathe I wanted to make sell a happy I guess but I can't save Ruby I can't even save myself I slap onto my back the cement it's always cold but tonight it hurts Bob leaps onto my belly you are the one and only Ivan he says Mighty Silverback he likes my chin and he's not even checking for leftovers say it five commands I Look Away say it Ivan I don't answer so bad licks my nose until I can't stand it any longer I am the one and only Ivan a mother and don't you ever forget it he says when I gave the food court Skylight the moon Stella left is shrouded in the clouds page 121 Once Upon a Time all night Ruby Moon who's  I paste my domain I don't want to fall asleep in case you need something Ivan Bob says gently get some sleep please for your sake and mine I can't sleep unless he's on my stomach here stirring Ivan Ruby calls I rushed my window Ruby are you all right I miss Aunt Stella Ruby stubs and I miss my mom and my sisters and my answer my cousins too I know I say because it's all I can think of Ruby sniffles I can't sleep you know any stories the way Aunt Stella did not really I admit stories were spell especially tell me about a story when you were little me please she puts her trunk Between the Bars lease Ivan I scratch the back of my head I don't remember things Ruby I admit it's true Bob says trying to be helpful Ivan has a terrible memory is the opposite of an elephant really lets out a longship every breath oh well that's okay night Ivan and Bob a listener Ubisoft stubs for a long or verbal minutes and then I hear myself saying once upon a time there was a gorilla named Ivan and slowly deliberately I try to remember at the fair today

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