For eight years, Glee Granger has taught, tended, and loved a young gorilla named Sema. When the zoo that owns the animal presses for custody, Glee is forced to surrender Sema to a captive environment, never dreaming that an experience in the zoo will change her life -- and Sema's -- forever.

For authenticity, the scientific research for this story is modeled after real-life gorilla Koko, who has been communicating with American Sign Language for over thirty years. And the Bible tells us that if we seek to know about who made the earth, we need only "ask the animals" (Job 12:7-10). So... if the animals of God's creation could speak to us -- what would they say? Here's one author's lovely answer.