When playing with their doll-sticks, the young females would cuddle with them, put them to bed and rest with them in their nests like a little girl sleeping with her plush toy for security.

与她们的树枝娃娃玩耍的时候，小雌猩猩们会抱着它们，把它们放到窝中与自己一同在床上休息，就像小女孩出于安全起见与自己的玩具睡在一起一样。

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At first he had been like her own sort of Beastie, a creature who followed her around and was pleasant to cuddle with.

NEWYORKER: A Tiny Feast