"Alex and Me" summary

the first few chapters of "Alex and Me", haven't quite yet hit the topic of language. the book starts from the end, and makes its way to the beginning of the story. so far in the story, we have learned that Irene Pepperberg, which is also the author of this book, is a scientist who is grieving from the lost of her bird, a grey parrot, whom she considers to be her colleague. the bird's name is Alex. Alex wasn't a regular parrot, he was a parrot that Irene had been using to express that human language could be understood by non-primate animals. since the book opens up with the death of Alex, there are people all over the country who have sent Irene emails and letters sending their condolences. one of the letters was actually from the owners of Washoe, who was the chimp we learned about in chapter two of Yule. some people had wrote letters saying that the miracle of Alex, a parrot who understood and spoke human language, helped  them over come their own obstacles. after Alex died, many magazines and new reports were done on the story of the parrot who understood language.