Chapter 12 treetop hunter

The morning after the "Dum-Dum" carnival, the tribe moved slowly through the forest towards the coast. Tabrant's body lay where he had fallen.Because Kochak's "subjects" do not eat their own dead companions. They moved forward at a leisurely pace, looking for food as they went.Betel nuts, prunes, wild pineapples, and such wild fruits are plentiful in the forest.Sometimes small mammals, birds, eggs, reptiles, insects can also be found.When they come across nuts such as walnuts and chestnuts, they bite them with their powerful teeth and eat them.If the shell is too hard, hit it with a stone.

Once Lao Shanbao was crossing their path.Everyone hurriedly hid on a taller tree.For if it honored their numbers and sharp teeth, they honored it equally for its ferocity and strength. Lao Shanbao twisted his majestic and nimble body and walked steadily through the dense jungle without making a sound.Taishan just squatted on a tree that was not too high above it. He threw a pineapple at the "nemesis" of his tribe.The giant animal stopped, turned its head, and stared at the little thing squatting on it, mocking it wantonly. It flicked its tail angrily, narrowing its eyes full of hatred.The angry eyes, the wide grin, showing the sharp yellow teeth, let out a terrible growl, and the bearded mouth showed dense wrinkles.

Its two ears moved back, it stared straight into Tarzan's eyes, and let out a ferocious cry of defeat, challenging him. From the branch of the tree that had promised his safety, "Ape-Child" uttered the same terrible cry of his tribe's challenge. For a moment the two of them watched each other in silence, and then the huge cat-like beast turned and walked off into the woods.The vast jungle is like a pebble swallowed by the sea, and it is quickly submerged. But Taishan had a great plan in his heart.Since he can kill the vicious Tabrant, isn't he a great fighter?Now he wants to hunt down the cunning Lao Shanbao and kill him too.He's going to be a great hunter!

In his little Englishman's heart, a strong desire - to cover his nakedness with clothes.Because through those few picture books, he already understood that people wear clothes, while monkeys, apes and other living creatures are naked. Clothes must therefore be a sign of greatness, of man's superiority over all other animals.Besides, there would certainly be no reason not to wear such an ugly thing. Many years ago, when he was very young, he wanted the skin of Shanbao the lioness, or Numa the lion, or Zita the leopard, but it was to cover his naked body so that he would not look like the snake— Ugly Hesta.But now, he was very proud of his smooth body, because it marked his blood from a great race.His desires were often contradictory, between wanting to be naked, as a proof of his noble and proud origin, and wanting to conform to human habits and wear ugly and uncomfortable clothes.These two desires come and go one after another, and they are not giving in to each other.

After meeting Shanbao, the tribe continued to move slowly through the forest. For many days Tarzan was preoccupied with the grand scheme of killing his enemies, and seldom thought of anything else. But on this day, a sudden change caught his attention. At that time, the sky suddenly became as dark as midnight, and all the sounds in the dense forest stopped.The trees stood motionless, feeling paralyzed that a great disaster was coming.All of nature is waiting, only this time the wait will not be long. Then, as if from far away, came a faint, mournful groan.The sound was getting closer and louder.

The big trees bent down together, as if a giant hand with boundless magic power pressed them downward.Their loins bent lower and lower, lower and lower.But apart from the muffled, awe-inspiring howl of the wind, all was still. Suddenly, the forest giant struck back, angrily bouncing back against the mighty canopy with a deafening cry of protest.A blinding bolt of lightning cut through the dark clouds rolling in the sky.The thunder roared, sending out a terrible challenge to nature.A storm is coming, and everything in the jungle seems to be loose. The members of the whole tribe huddled under the big tree, shivering in the cold rain.

Lightning galloped and burned in the darkness, reflecting the desperately shaking branches, whipping with the wind like a whip, and the trunks were bent by the wind. From time to time, a towering ancient tree was struck by lightning and exploded into tens of thousands of "bones" among the surrounding trees. It dropped countless branches and knocked down many small trees, making this tropical jungle even more chaotic. Strong and wimpy branches were torn off by the ferocious tornado, and swept across the struggling grass and trees, bringing death and destruction to the unfortunate inhabitants of this world of all kinds of life.

The violent storm lasted for several hours, and there was no sign of stopping.All the members of the tribe were still shaking and huddled together.Fallen trunks and branches pose a hazard from time to time.Dazzling with lightning and deafening with deafening thunder, they squatted there pitifully as if completely paralyzed, until the storm finally passed. Storms come and go in a hurry.The wind stopped, the sun came out, and nature smiled charmingly again. The leaves and branches were dripping with water, and the beautiful flowers showed off their wet petals in the heavy sun.Just as nature has long forgotten the disaster just now, its descendants have also forgotten everything.Just like before the darkness and fright, everyone started their busy lives again.

But for Mount Tai, a ray of light rose in his heart that could explain the magical effect of clothes.How comfortable it would be to make a coat out of the leather of Laoshanbao!This thought only increased his determination to take risks. The tribe hung around the beach for months.Tarzan's cabin is on that beach.He spends most of his time studying.But when he was in the woods he always had his rope with him, and he let it fall as fast as lightning, and had entangled many small animals with it. At one point, the rope was looped around the short neck of the bear, Horta.It struggled so frantically that it snatched Tarzan from the branch where he sat waiting for his prey.

Hearing the sound of Mount Tai falling to the ground, the extremely powerful Xiong Xiazi turned his head and saw that it was such a small ape that could be grasped with his hands. Taishan was lucky that he didn't fall and hurt himself.He is as light as a cat, on all fours; As nimble as a monkey, he jumped up and climbed up a tree branch safely, leaving Horta in the air. This incident made Taishan understand that although his weapon has its magical functions, it is not omnipotent. He dropped a long rope, but he also understood a truth: if it was Shanbao who pulled him off the branch, the consequences would be disastrous.Because there is no doubt that he will pay with his life for it.

_ It took him many days to twist another rope and take it to hunt purposefully.He lay on a thick branch, hidden among the dense foliage, and waited.Below is a clearly trodden path leading to the stream. Several small animals walked under him.He didn't want to play such pointless tricks on them.He wanted to find a strong animal to test the power of his new plan. The prey that Taishan was looking for-the lioness Shanbao finally came.It is sleek, with soft, flexible muscles quivering under gleaming fur. Its thick and pier paws stepped on the narrow path lightly, silently.Head held high, always on high alert.The long tail swings slowly and wavyly, very gracefully. It was getting closer and closer to the branch of the tree on which Tarzan was crouching.Taishan has already coiled the long rope in his hand and is ready for everything. Mount Tai sat on the tree, like a bronze statue, motionless. Shanbao came from below, one step, two steps, three steps, and then, the silent lasso suddenly appeared above its head. In an instant, the stretched rope hung over its head like a big snake.But when it raised its head to figure out where the long chirping rope had fallen from, the noose was just around its neck.Tai Shan quickly pulled in the rope, and the noose tightly strangled Shan Bao's smooth fur throat.He himself hugged the big tree tightly to prevent being pulled down again. In this way, Shanbao was caught. The terrified beast suddenly jumped up and fled to the depths of the dense forest.but tay Shan never wanted to lose his rope a second time for the same reason.Experience has made him more seasoned.Before the lioness jumped a second time, the noose around her neck felt tighter.It rolled in the air, then jumped heavily on the ground on its back.Tarzan had tied the rope firmly to the trunk of the great tree on which he was sitting. The plan came to fruition quite perfectly.But when he braced his body in the angle formed by two thick branches and pulled the rope tightly, he realized that he was going to struggle desperately, scratch and bite, become angry from embarrassment, and screamed to the sky. , is not an easy task. Laoshanbao is very important.It stretched out its four paws and stood on the ground. No one but the elephant Tante wanted it to move half a step. The lioness retreated to the path, from where she could see the culprit of the insolence and insult that had been imposed on her.It roared angrily, jumped up suddenly, and rushed towards Taishan sitting on the tree.But when its huge body reached the right of the tree, Mount Tai would have already slipped away. He was crouching lightly on a branch of a tree a good twenty feet away from his angry captive.For a moment, Shan Bao seemed to jump over the lower branch.Taishan taunted it and threw branches at the official's unobstructed face. The beast fell to the ground again, Taishan hurried to grab the rope.But at this time, Shanbao has discovered that it is just a thin rope around its neck.As a result, before Taishan tightened the looper for the second time, it already tore the string with a pair of big claws. Taishan's self-esteem was greatly hurt.Well-laid plans go nowhere.He could only sit on a branch, screaming, making faces, and humiliating the roaring beast below. Shanbao wandered under the big tree for several hours.Four times, it crouched down and pounced on the naughty ghost dancing above its head.But I can only catch a ray of wind that whispers and whispers above the treetops. Taishan finally got tired of playing this trick, he let out a long roar to express his farewell and challenge, he also picked off an overripe wild fruit, and hit the angry and roaring face of his enemy.Then, at a height of one hundred feet above the ground, he ran through the branches and leaves as if flying through the dense forest, and returned to his tribe in a blink of an eye. He told everyone every detail of "Adventure".His speech was full of pride and pride, and even those opponents who hated him the most couldn't help but feel a little afraid.And Kara danced happily because of her joy and pride.