Тарзан, приёмыш обезьян
The Light of Knowledge
Asthelightintheamphitheaterincreasedthefemalesaugmentedthefrequencyandforceoftheirblowsuntilpresentlyawild,rhythmicdinpervadedthegreatjungleformilesineverydirection.Huge,fiercebrutesstoppedintheirhunting,withup-prickedearsandraisedheads,tolistentothedullboomingthatbetokenedtheDum-Dumoftheapes.
Occasionallyonewouldraisehisshrillscreamorthunderousroarinansweringchallengetothesavagedinoftheanthropoids,butnonecameneartoinvestigateorattack,forthegreatapes,assembledinallthepoweroftheirnumbers,filledthebreastsoftheirjungleneighborswithdeeprespect.
AsthedinofthedrumrosetoalmostdeafeningvolumeKerchaksprangintotheopenspacebetweenthesquattingmalesandthedrummers.
Standingerecthethrewhisheadfarbackandlookingfullintotheeyeoftherisingmoonhebeatuponhisbreastwithhisgreathairypawsandemittedhisfearfulroaringshriek.
One—twice—thricethatterrifyingcryrangoutacrosstheteemingsolitudeofthatunspeakablyquick,yetunthinkablydead,world.
Then,crouching,Kerchakslunknoiselesslyaroundtheopencircle,veeringfarawayfromthedeadbodylyingbeforethealtar-drum,but,ashepassed,keepinghislittle,fierce,wicked,redeyesuponthecorpse.
Anothermalethensprangintothearena,and,repeatingthehorridcriesofhisking,followedstealthilyinhiswake.
