The Apes

           

           Intheforestofthetable-landamilebackfromtheoceanoldKerchaktheApewasonarampageofrageamonghispeople.

           Theyoungerandlightermembersofhistribescamperedtothehigherbranchesofthegreattreestoescapehiswrath;riskingtheirlivesuponbranchesthatscarcesupportedtheirweightratherthanfaceoldKerchakinoneofhisfitsofuncontrolledanger.

           Theothermalesscatteredinalldirections,butnotbeforetheinfuriatedbrutehadfeltthevertebraofonesnapbetweenhisgreat,foamingjaws.

           AlucklessyoungfemaleslippedfromaninsecureholduponahighbranchandcamecrashingtothegroundalmostatKerchak’sfeet.

           Withawildscreamhewasuponher,tearingagreatpiecefromhersidewithhismightyteeth,andstrikingherviciouslyuponherheadandshoulderswithabrokentreelimbuntilherskullwascrushedtoajelly.

           AndthenhespiedKala,who,returningfromasearchforfoodwithheryoungbabe,wasignorantofthestateofthemightymale’stemperuntilsuddenlytheshrillwarningsofherfellowscausedhertoscampermadlyforsafety.

           ButKerchakwascloseuponher,soclosethathehadalmostgraspedheranklehadshenotmadeafuriousleapfarintospacefromonetreetoanotheraperilouschancewhichapesseldomifevertake,unlesssocloselypursuedbydangerthatthereisnoalternative.

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