washoe and the puzzles
Washoe is a monkey. she lives in a lab. The lab is a place where men and women study monkey and other animals. They study the animals to find out how they learn. One day a man put a puzzle in washoe’s cage. Washoe had to take the puzzle apart. Each time she did it right, the man gave her a slice of banana. Washoe didn’t eat the banana slices. She just put them there. The man made the puzzle harder. But washoe soon learned how to take it apart. Then the man ran out of bananas. What now? Would she keep on doing puzzles without a reward? Washoe looked at him. She waited. The man gave her the next puzzle. Washoe took it apart. Then she picked up a slice of banana. She put it outside the cage for the man! And so it went. The man would give washoe a puzzle. And she would give back a banana slice. She kept on until she had returned all the bananas. Washow learned many new puzzles that day. And the man learned something too. He learned that some monkeys don’t work puzzle only to get food. They do puzzles for the fun of it. Just like you and me!

New words:
Lab:آزمایشگاه
Cage:قفس
What nowاکنون چه می شود؟
Just like you and me:دقیقاً مثل من و شما
Soon:بزودی
Puzzle: معما
Give back:پس دادن
Keep:انجام دادن
Returned:بازگرداندن
by mohadeseh