But before the zoo worker arrived, a gorilla went over tothomas. lt was Binti jua, an eight-year-old mother gorila. She had her baby gorilla on her back. With one arm she picked up the little boy. She carried him carefully over to a door, walking on three legs. There she put Thomas down so a zoo worker could get him. Janet and Kevin ran to the door, too. thomas was badly hurt and had to go to the hospital , but after a few days he was better. The story was on the evening news in Chicago. Some people cheered and others cried when they heard it. But many of them thought about that mother gorilla and asked themselves, "What is she going in a zoo? What s be difference between a gorilla and me?