[Interviewer] If Charlotte could be anything she wants to in the world what would she be? [Ayla] A ballerina
[Interviewer] Describe Charlotte
[Jaeger] She's beautiful
[Olivia] and happy
[Tyler] Charlotte is very good at peeling bananas
[Zak] Charlotte would definitely be kind to you
[Ayla] Charlotte is um a bit chubby uh but she's cute
[ Interviewer] Would you ever tell Charlotte that she's fat? [ Ayla] No that's rude.
[ Interviewer] Do you think Charlotte's had a hard life? charlotte has had hard life? [Zak] Yes because people mistreated her before sharla came to auntie
[ Olivia] Before Charlotte came to Aunty Ali she was called names [Interviewer] What do you think Charlotte should say to people that call her names?
[Olivia] I think Charlotte would say, I don't like that she will say that's rude
[ Jaeger] She would say, that's rude.
I think Charlotte had a difficult life and the conditions weren't um suitable for her to live
like that anymore so she had to be removed and placed in a home of care when Charlotte first
arrived she was very grumpy I think she felt very insecure because she didn't really know
um what was happening to her. To be taken from one home and placed in another I think is a huge
thing. um and we did have a laugh or two because she used to run at us and um I think a lot of
people were really frightened of her because they didn't understand her. I feel that I can speak with
animals or speak animal language so when Charlotte first arrived on our property the standard joke
was, I don't speak pig, I have to learn how to speak pig and when we had Georgina the peahen
I had to learn how to speak peacock language it was very interesting because it was a different,
wasn't it, so they do understand sound and they all do have a different language and I think
in their world if you can live like this. I think a lot of people have disharmony
with their animals because they don't have a universal animal language. So my dogs, my cat,
my pig, my ducks, my geese, I try and get everybody to speak like a funigalo (a language used on the mines) instead of pig
or dog we all speak the same universal language of respect and love and kindness
It's my belief animals have feelings.Since I was born I have always
had a connection to animals and they've been my best friends, when I was little
and I could talk to them and I could feel how they were feeling so um
I don't think it's the same emotions that we have but they certainly have feelings
if I cry, and I'm sure many people have experienced this, my animals know when I'm sad and they come
and they give me more comfort than when I'm happy or when I'm ecstatically happy and having a good
old giggle they come in and want to join in so I definitely think that you they can feel energy and
vibration so possibly the word feeling when people hear that they go no animals don't understand that
so maybe we're using the wrong terminology but they pick up on essence they pick up on being and
what is happening around them in my opinion. [Interviewer] What makes Charlotte happy? [Ali] Well Charlotte she loves
first thing in the morning that's like the best start to her day because she gets a breakfast
she's very food motivated, she loves food she loves it and she has favorite food, so what makes
her happy well she gets a treat of strawberries or miellie(Corn) on the cob or every time I go to work,
I work on the same property so I'm up and down between my house and my work every time I come
through that gate and she hears the click on the gate she gets up her ears are up and she
comes after me because that's she's gonna get an apple or she's gonna get a strawberry or she's
gonna get a miellie, so that's what makes her happy .I'd love to say something else but it's not true
[Interviewer] What were you gonna say? [Ali] that she loves me, and seeing me
makes her happy that's not true it's just the food [laughs]
That's true it's just the food, no she does love me, she does, she does, I have people see her um
react to me or um I can call her and I say Charlotte and then these little ears go
so she knows my voice and I think she can relate to me, I'm her mama pig [ laughs]
[Interviewer] Do you think Charlotte will live her dreams [Zak] Probably yeah. She would live her dreams.