Тарзан, прийом мавп
Burials
Tarzan,aninterestedspectatorofallthathadtakenplace,satspeculatingonthestrangeactionsofthesepeculiarcreatures.
Menwereindeedmorefoolishandmorecruelthanthebeastsofthejungle!Howfortunatewashewholivedinthepeaceandsecurityofthegreatforest!
Tarzanwonderedwhatthechesttheyhadburiedcontained.Iftheydidnotwantitwhydidtheynotmerelythrowitintothewater?Thatwouldhavebeenmucheasier.
Ah,hethought,buttheydowantit.Theyhavehiddenitherebecausetheyintendreturningforitlater.
Tarzandroppedtothegroundandcommencedtoexaminetheearthabouttheexcavation.Hewaslookingtoseeifthesecreatureshaddroppedanythingwhichhemightliketoown.Soonhediscoveredaspadehiddenbytheunderbrushwhichtheyhadlaiduponthegrave.
Heseizeditandattemptedtouseitashehadseenthesailorsdo.Itwasawkwardworkandhurthisbarefeet,buthepersevereduntilhehadpartiallyuncoveredthebody.Thishedraggedfromthegraveandlaidtooneside.
Thenhecontinueddigginguntilhehadunearthedthechest.Thisalsohedraggedtothesideofthecorpse.Thenhefilledinthesmallerholebelowthegrave,replacedthebodyandtheeartharoundandaboveit,covereditoverwithunderbrush,andreturnedtothechest.
