Тарзан, приёмыш обезьян
Brother Men.
MayIaskhowitisthatonewhowritesEnglishdoesnotspeakit?
Tarzan’sreplyfilledD’Arnotwithstillgreaterwonder:
Ispeakonlythelanguageofmytribe—thegreatapeswhowereKerchak’s;andalittleofthelanguagesofTantor,theelephant,andNuma,thelion,andoftheotherfolksofthejungleIunderstand.WithahumanbeingIhaveneverspoken,exceptoncewithJanePorter,bysigns.ThisisthefirsttimeIhavespokenwithanotherofmykindthroughwrittenwords.
D’Arnotwasmystified.Itseemedincrediblethatthereliveduponearthafull-grownmanwhohadneverspokenwithafellowman,andstillmorepreposterousthatsuchaonecouldreadandwrite.
HelookedagainatTarzan’smessage—"exceptonce,withJanePorter."ThatwastheAmericangirlwhohadbeencarriedintothejunglebyagorilla.
AsuddenlightcommencedtodawnonD’Arnot—thisthenwasthe"gorilla."Heseizedthepencilandwrote:
WhereisJanePorter?
AndTarzanreplied,below:
BackwithherpeopleinthecabinofTarzanoftheApes.
Sheisnotdeadthen?Wherewasshe?Whathappenedtoher?
Sheisnotdead.ShewastakenbyTerkoztobehiswife;butTarzanoftheApestookherawayfromTerkozandkilledhimbeforehecouldharmher.
NoneinallthejunglemayfaceTarzanoftheApesinbattle,andlive.
