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12 - Tarzan Twins by Edgar Rice Burroughs · Tarzan Twins

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  Speaker 1: Chapter eleven, a condo master of jungle craft, led the
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  Speaker 1: little party by ways that no other might have found.
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  Speaker 1: He did not always follow the well beaten trails, but
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  Speaker 1: seemed to know by instinct where short cuts might be taken,
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  Speaker 1: and where one, by crawling upon all fours, might find
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  Speaker 1: a way through what seemed an impenetrable mass of tangled vegetation.
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  Speaker 1: For half an hour they moved along in silence. Then
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  Speaker 1: Ukundo stopped Lion. He whispered, he is coming. Take to
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  Speaker 1: the trees. Dick and Doc could see nothing, could hear nothing.
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  Speaker 1: They had been following each other by the not always
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  Speaker 1: simple expedient of actually touching the one ahead. If they
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  Speaker 1: lost touch, they were as good as lost until they
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  Speaker 1: again made contact. Now they saw no trees. They knew
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  Speaker 1: there were trees all about them, but they could see none.
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  Speaker 1: The blackness was everywhere. Darkness was absolute. They stood up
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  Speaker 1: and groped about. Hurry, warned a condo comes. They heard
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  Speaker 1: a crashing in the underbrush. Doc's fingers came into contact
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  Speaker 1: with the bowl of a great tree. Here, Dick, he whispered,
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  Speaker 1: here's a tree this way. He felt Dick touch him.
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  Speaker 1: The noise in the underbrush seemed very close climb, said Dick.
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  Speaker 1: I found a tree. Hurry up. Doc attempted to scramble
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  Speaker 1: up the giant trunk, but he could not span it
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  Speaker 1: with his arms, nor could Dick. They reached through the darkness,
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  Speaker 1: searching for a branch, but found none. A horrid growl
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  Speaker 1: sounded almost in their ears. Dick realized that the beast
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  Speaker 1: was upon him, and in the instant he obeyed the
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  Speaker 1: first impulse that seized him. He wheeled about, facing the
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  Speaker 1: animal he could not see, and, holding his spear in
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  Speaker 1: both hands, thrust it violently outward in the direction of
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  Speaker 1: that blood curdling growl. At the same instant, he felt
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  Speaker 1: a heavy body strike the weapon. He was hurled to
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  Speaker 1: the ground, and a great weight hurtled against him. A thunderous,
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  Speaker 1: deafening roar shook the earth as the lion plunged into
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  Speaker 1: the thicket just beyond him, where there followed such a
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  Speaker 1: tumult as might have been made by a dozen lions
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  Speaker 1: fighting over their kill. Dick called Doc, Are you all right? Yes?
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  Speaker 1: Are you you bet? Hurry? I found a way up
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  Speaker 1: this tree here over here. Dick gruped his way to Doc,
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  Speaker 1: who had discovered a smaller tree growing near the huge
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  Speaker 1: one they had been unable to climb, and soon the
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  Speaker 1: two boys were perched high above the angry lion, thrashing
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  Speaker 1: about in the underbrush and emitting terrific roars and growls.
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  Speaker 1: By shouting, they soon located Ugundo and Bellala in nearby trees,
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  Speaker 1: but they could not see them, and after a short discussion,
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  Speaker 1: it was decided that they remained where they were until morning,
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  Speaker 1: when they could get an early start and hasten on
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  Speaker 1: towards the country of Ugundo, who promised that all of
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  Speaker 1: them would receive a warm and hospitable welcome. Presently, the
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  Speaker 1: lion ceased its noise, and the boys tried to settle
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  Speaker 1: themselves with some degree of safety and comfort that they
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  Speaker 1: might snatch a brief sleep, for they knew that they
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  Speaker 1: had a day ahead of them that would tax to
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  Speaker 1: the utmost their weakened bodies, unfitted by weeks of captivity
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  Speaker 1: in the vile food. Dick was concerned about his spear,
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  Speaker 1: which had been knocked from his grasp when the lion
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  Speaker 1: sprang against him, and at last morning came and with
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  Speaker 1: the first peep of dawn, Okundo urged them to descend
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  Speaker 1: and continue their flight, assuring them that the Bugala would
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  Speaker 1: be certain to trail them at least to the limits
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  Speaker 1: of Ugala. Dick and Doc scrambled down to search for
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  Speaker 1: Dick's spear. The first thing their eyes fell upon was
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  Speaker 1: the dead body of a great black maned lion, from
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  Speaker 1: the chest of which protruded the missing weapon. Gee exclaimed, Doc,
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  Speaker 1: you killed him, Dick, you killed a lion. Oukundo and
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  Speaker 1: Ballala joined them, and many were the congratulations heaped upon
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  Speaker 1: the astonished Dick. A hasty examination revealed what seemed the
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  Speaker 1: only explanation of the surprising event and leaping for Dick,
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  Speaker 1: the lion must have misjudged the distance in the darkness
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  Speaker 1: and jumped too high. Dick's spear, thrust outward, by chance,
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  Speaker 1: had been held at precisely the right angle, and the
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  Speaker 1: lion had impaled itself upon the point, which at first
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  Speaker 1: entered its lungs, after which the lion and its mad
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  Speaker 1: efforts to dislodge the weapon had turned the point into
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  Speaker 1: its own heart. Golly exclaimed Dick, I'd like to take
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  Speaker 1: it along, just the head, even cut off its tail,
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  Speaker 1: suggested Doc, that's about all of it you'll feel like carrying.
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  Speaker 1: After an hour or so, and so Dick took the
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  Speaker 1: tail as the trophy of his first big game, and
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  Speaker 1: the four resumed their flight, already tired and hungry before
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  Speaker 1: the day fully dawned. Their progress was slow because the
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  Speaker 1: boys could not travel fast, their bare feet were sore
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  Speaker 1: and bleeding, and the naked flesh of their bodies was
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  Speaker 1: torn and scratched by the cruel thorns that seemed to
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  Speaker 1: reach out to seize them. At noon, they reached an
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  Speaker 1: open stretch of country, where traveling was easier and their
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  Speaker 1: spirits were refreshed, for the dismal jungle had exercised a
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  Speaker 1: depressing effect upon them for many days, an effect which
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  Speaker 1: they had not actually realized until they had come out
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  Speaker 1: into the comparative open of the clearing gee. Exclaimed Doc,
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  Speaker 1: it's just like the beginning of a long vacation. I
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  Speaker 1: know we're going to be all right now, said Dick,
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  Speaker 1: And at that very instant, three score painted Bagala warriors
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  Speaker 1: leaped from ambush all about them. The four looked about
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  Speaker 1: in consternation. They were completely surrounded. There was no escape.
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  Speaker 1: Shall we fight, cried Doc. Yes, replied Dick. Bullala Ukundo,
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  Speaker 1: Will you fight with us? They will only kill us.
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  Speaker 1: If they capture us, we had better die fighting, replied Ukundo.
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  Speaker 1: Doc fitted an arrow to his bow and shot it
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  Speaker 1: at the oncoming warriors, but sped by an unaccustomed hand,
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  Speaker 1: the arrow only described a graceful curve and stuck upright
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  Speaker 1: in the ground a few yards from Doc's feet. The
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  Speaker 1: Bagala shouted in derision and rushed forward. Then Dick shot,
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  Speaker 1: but the string slipped from the notch in the end
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  Speaker 1: of the arrow, and when he released the missile it
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  Speaker 1: fell at his feet. But a Kundo was more adept.
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  Speaker 1: He drew the shaft far back, and when he let
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  Speaker 1: it fly, it embedded itself deeply in the breast of
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  Speaker 1: a shouting Bagala. Then the Bagala halted. They danced fiercely
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  Speaker 1: and shouted insults at the foe. Why don't they shoot us,
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  Speaker 1: asked Dick. They want to take us alive, said Beulalla.
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  Speaker 1: In a moment, they will all charge from different directions,
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  Speaker 1: prophesied to Kundo. We shall kill some, but they will
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  Speaker 1: take us alive. Dick had thrown down his bow and
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  Speaker 1: stood ready with his spear. Doc followed his example. I
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  Speaker 1: never did like an old bow and arrow anyway, he said,
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  Speaker 1: here they come warned Dick. Goodbye, Doc, goodbye, Dick replied
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  Speaker 1: his cousin. Don't let them take you alive, poor mother. Golly,
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  Speaker 1: here comes a million more of the beggars, exclaimed Dick,
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  Speaker 1: and sure enough, with wayving plumes, there came what seemed
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  Speaker 1: a veritable horde of mighty warriors, grim and savage, pouring
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  Speaker 1: out of the nearby forest. They are not Bogala, said
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  Speaker 1: ou Kundo. Look, cried Doc. There's a white man leading them.
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  Speaker 1: It is Tarzan, lord of the jungle, and is mighty Waziri,
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  Speaker 1: exclaimed a Kundo. Tarzan shouted Dick, Yes, it is Tarzan.
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  Speaker 1: We are saved. The Bagala, warned now by the savage
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  Speaker 1: war cry of the Waziri, turned in their direction. At
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  Speaker 1: sight of Tarzan and his warriors, the ranks of the
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  Speaker 1: Bagala were thrown into confusion. They forgot their prey and
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  Speaker 1: thought only of escape, for well they knew the power
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  Speaker 1: and the wrath of Tarzan of the apes. Like frightened rabbits,
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  Speaker 1: they scurried for the jungle, pursued by the Waziri warriors,
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  Speaker 1: who showered arrows and spears among them. As they disappeared
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  Speaker 1: from the clearing, Tarzan approached the boys. I thank God
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  Speaker 1: that I have found you, he said. I did not
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  Speaker 1: think you could survive the dangers of the jungle, But
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  Speaker 1: when I saw you make your stand against the Bagala,
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  Speaker 1: I knew why you had survived. Your brave lads, and
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  Speaker 1: the jungle. Only the brave may live. I am very
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  Speaker 1: proud of you. Okundo and Ballala had gone down on
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  Speaker 1: their hands and knees before the lord of the jungle,
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  Speaker 1: and now Tarzan noticed them. Who are these, he demanded?
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  Speaker 1: They are our very good friends, said Doc. Without them,
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  Speaker 1: we should never have escaped. They shall be rewarded, said Tarzan,
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  Speaker 1: when we reach home tomorrow, and so shall you. Boys.
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  Speaker 1: What in all the world would you like most? A
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  Speaker 1: whole apple pie? Said Doc end of chapter eleven, end
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  Speaker 1: of The Tarzan Twins by Edgar Rice Burroughs.