Тарзан, приёмыш обезьян
“King of the Apes”
Whatwithlossofsleep,arduousexercise,andafullbelly,TarzanoftheApessleptthesunaround,awakeningaboutnoonofthefollowingday.HestraightwayrepairedtothecarcassofSabor,butwasangeredtofindthebonespickedcleanbyotherhungrydenizensofthejungle.
Halfanhour’sleisurelyprogressthroughtheforestbroughttosightayoungdeer,andbeforethelittlecreatureknewthatanenemywasnearatinyarrowhadlodgedinitsneck.
Soquicklythevirusworkedthatattheendofadozenleapsthedeerplungedheadlongintotheundergrowth,dead.AgaindidTarzanfeastwell,butthistimehedidnotsleep.
Instead,hehastenedontowardthepointwherehehadleftthetribe,andwhenhehadfoundthemproudlyexhibitedtheskinofSabor,thelioness.
"Look!"hecried,"ApesofKerchak.SeewhatTarzan,themightykiller,hasdone.WhoelseamongyouhaseverkilledoneofNuma’speople?TarzanismightiestamongstyouforTarzanisnoape.Tarzanis—"Butherehestopped,forinthelanguageoftheanthropoidstherewasnowordforman,andTarzancouldonlywritethewordinEnglish;hecouldnotpronounceit.
Thetribehadgatheredabouttolookupontheproofofhiswondrousprowess,andtolistentohiswords.
OnlyKerchakhungback,nursinghishatredandhisrage.
Suddenlysomethingsnappedinthewickedlittlebrainoftheanthropoid.
