Тарзан, приёмыш обезьян

“King of the Apes”

           

           Thatnighthesleptintheforestnotfarfromthevillage,andearlythenextmorningsetoutslowlyonhishomewardmarch,huntingashetraveled.Onlyafewberriesandanoccasionalgrubwormrewardedhissearch,andhewashalffamishedwhen,lookingupfromaloghehadbeenrootingbeneath,hesawSabor,thelioness,standinginthecenterofthetrailnottwentypacesfromhim.

           Thegreatyelloweyeswerefixeduponhimwithawickedandbalefulgleam,andtheredtonguelickedthelonginglipsasSaborcrouched,wormingherstealthywaywithbellyflattenedagainsttheearth.

           Tarzandidnotattempttoescape.Hewelcomedtheopportunityforwhich,infact,hehadbeensearchingfordayspast,nowthathewasarmedwithsomethingmorethanaropeofgrass.

           Quicklyheunslunghisbowandfittedawell-daubedarrow,andasSaborsprang,thetinymissileleapedtomeetherinmid-air.AtthesameinstantTarzanoftheApesjumpedtooneside,andasthegreatcatstruckthegroundbeyondhimanotherdeath-tippedarrowsunkdeepintoSabor’sloin.

           Withamightyroarthebeastturnedandchargedoncemore,onlytobemetwithathirdarrowfullinoneeye;butthistimeshewastooclosetotheape-manforthelattertosidesteptheonrushingbody.

           TarzanoftheApeswentdownbeneaththegreatbodyofhisenemy,butwithgleamingknifedrawnandstrikinghome.

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