Long ago, in a place full of trees and new voices,
there lived a gorilla named Koko.

Koko was curious.
She watched everything.
She listened carefully.

One day, she noticed that humans spoke using their hands.
And she thought:
“Maybe I can do that too.”

At first, no one was in a hurry.
Koko tried one sign at a time.
She made mistakes.
She laughed.
She tried again.

Every day she learned something new.
Not because she had to,
but because she wanted to share what she felt.

When she didn’t know a word, she invented one.
When she was happy, she said it.
When she was sad, she said that too.

Over time, Koko learned something important:
speaking is not about being perfect,
it’s about being understood.

And so Koko discovered that when someone truly listens to you,
you can say anything that lives inside your heart.