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Chapter 14 scary ghost

Tarzan crouched on a high branch, overlooking the newly cleared land and the thatched-roofed huts of the village. He saw that there was a place in the forest connected to the village, so he climbed towards it.On the one hand, he was driven by curiosity to see these animals of his kind, and on the other hand, he wanted to know more about their way of life and see the strange shacks they lived in. A savage life with the fierce beasts of the jungle could only convince him that they were his enemies.But the physical similarity led him to a not unreasonable conclusion: once discovered by these blacks, the first of his kind he had ever seen in his life, they would welcome him.

Tarzan was not a sentimentalist.He knew nothing of the fraternal love between man and man.Any animal outside the tribe is his sworn enemy, except of course very few, the elephant Tante is a notable example. He didn't view all this consciously with hostility and hatred, he only knew that the law of the jungle was the law of this barbaric world.Life in the primeval jungle is not much fun, the greatest joy is hunting and killing.Therefore, he has no objection to other animals having this desire and the right to realize this desire like him, even if he himself is the target of their hunting and killing.

The strange life neither made him learn to frown, nor did he become bloodthirsty.He loved to kill, and there was always a gaiety smile on his pretty lips when he killed any animal.It's a sign that he's not cruel at heart.He kills mainly for food.However, as a human being, he sometimes kills for fun.This is something no other animal has ever done. Because among all living things, only human beings will engage in senseless and irresponsible slaughter just for the pleasure of causing suffering and death. When he did it for revenge or for self-defense, it wasn't hysterical.Because it is a kind of "business affairs" completely, and there is no room for frivolity and sloppyness.

In this way, he cautiously approached Mubenga's village, ready to either kill or be killed if he was discovered.He advanced with unnatural lightness and cunning, for Kulonga had taught him the power of poisoned arrows— It kills people quickly, and it hits the nail on the head. Finally, he climbed onto a big tree.The tree not only has dense branches and leaves, but also is covered with vines.Crouching in this almost airtight recess above the village, he peered down, marveling at every detail of the strange, never-before-seen life before him. Bare-bottomed children run up and down the village streets and play.Women pounded sun-dried plantains in stone mortars, while others made cakes from already-ground flour.He saw some women in the fields hoeing, weeding or harvesting.

Around their waists were strange aprons made of hay, and many wore brass or copper anklets, armbands, bracelets, and many women wore gold necklaces around their dark necks. .A few even wore a large ring on their nose as a decoration. Looking at their weird attire, Tarzan the Ape was even more amazed. He also saw several men dozing off in the shade.On the uppermost part of this woodland several armed warriors were sometimes seen, apparently sentinels defending the village from accidental attack by the enemy. He noticed that only women did the work.Not a single man tends the crops in the fields, or does housework in the village.

At last his eyes fell on a woman who was working just below him. In front of her was a small pot set over a fire, in which something thick and reddened like tar was bubbling and bubbling.On one side of her was a pile of wooden arrows, which she dipped in the boiled stuff, and then took out to be placed on the narrow shelf of the branch that stood on the other side. Tarzan the Ape was fascinated.It turns out that the reason why the archer's humble arrow has terrible lethality lies in the secret!He also found that the woman was careful when she was working, for fear that the contents of the pot would splash on her hands.Once she got a little bit of the venom on one of her fingers, and she quickly dipped her whole hand in a bucket of water and wiped the little spot off with a handful of leaves.

Although Taishan knew nothing about poisons, his ability to judge was extremely strong. He saw that the reason why the arrows killed people was because the arrows were dipped in this terrible thing, and not because of the arrows themselves.The arrow serves only to "carry" this deadly poison into the body of its victim. He wished he could get more of these "little chips" of death.If he could get the woman to drop what she was doing and walk somewhere for a little while, he could jump down from the tree and grab a handful of it. He was racking his brains for a way to get her attention, when suddenly there was a scream from across the cropland.He quickly raised his eyes, and saw a black warrior standing under a big tree, on which he had killed Carla's murderer an hour ago.

The fellow yelled and waved the spear in his hand above his head, and pointed at something lying on the ground from time to time. Immediately the village was noisy, and men in full body clothes ran out from many huts, across the crop fields, and ran frantically towards the shouting sentinel, followed by old men and women and children.In the blink of an eye, the village was deserted. Tarzan knew they must have found Kulonga's body.But what interests him more at this moment is that the blacks have already mobilized, and no one will stop him from taking the poisoned arrows placed below. He climbed down from the tree swiftly and silently, and walked to the cauldron where the poison was boiled.For a moment he stood there motionless, his hands flexible.

Bright eyes looked out to the small fenced village. There was not even a soul in the village.His eyes fell on the open door of a nearby cabin.Taishan thought, he should go in and have a look.So, cautiously touched the thatched-roof hut. He paused at the door, listening nervously.There was no movement inside, so he slipped in hastily.It was dark. Many weapons hung on the walls—spears, strange-looking knives, two narrow shields.There is a cooking pot in the middle of the room.The innermost is a pile of grass, covered with a straw mat.This apparently serves as the owner's bed and bedding.Several human skulls lay on the ground.

Tarzan felt everything in the house, tested the weight of the spear, and sniffed.Because he "sees" things often with his nose that has been strictly trained and has a very sensitive sense of smell.He really wanted to take one of these long sticks with a sharp end, but because he needed to carry arrows, it would be very inconvenient on the road, so he had to give up. He took down the things hanging on the wall, piled them in a pile in the middle of the room, put the rice cooker upside down on top of it, put another grinning skull on it, and put a Kulonga on the skull. tiara. Then he took a few steps back and grinned as he admired his masterpiece.Tarzan the Ape loves to joke.

At this time, there was a noisy sound outside: a long cry of sorrow, and a loud howl with a shrill voice.Taishan was taken aback, did he stay here for too long?He hastened to the door, looking across the village street to the gate. There was no sign of the natives yet, but the sound of them walking towards this side through the crop field was clearly heard.They must be very close here. He rushed out of the door like a flash of lightning, rushed to the pile of arrows, picked up a large bundle, kicked over the pot of boiling medicine, jumped, and disappeared into the dense branches and leaves of the big tree.At this moment, the native entered the gate at the end of the village street.He turned his head and watched, like a bird ready to soar at the first sign of danger. The natives walked the streets in single file.Four men were carrying Kulonga's body.Women filed behind them.They cried sadly and looked very strange.The group went as far as the Kulonga hut, which turned out to be the same hut where Tarzan had just played a prank. As soon as the five or six people in front entered, they yelled and ran out in panic.The rest of the people hurriedly gathered around, standing there gesticulating and discussing.Then, several samurai walked over and looked inside. Finally, an old man got into the hut.This man wore many metal ornaments on his arms and legs, and a string of dried human hands hung on his chest, which was his "necklace". This is Kulonga's father, Chief Mumotoga. Everyone was silent.After a while, Kimotoka came out with a mixture of anger and superstitious fear on his ugly face.He said a few words to the surrounding warriors, and those men immediately dispersed to search carefully every hut and every corner within the gate. At the beginning of the search, they found the overturned cauldron and the stolen poisoned arrow.Nothing else was found.After a while, the group of completely frightened natives gathered around the chief again. Kimotoga couldn't explain these strange things.Finding the stabbed, stripped but still warm body of his son at his own doorstep was mysterious enough—it happened right at the edge of their crop field, and whenever there was a sound, the people in the village Within earshot—and now, with such strange happenings in the village and at the Kulonga's house, it was all the more frightening.All were filled with astonishment and dismay, and half-witted minds could only produce the most horrific and superstitious explanations. They stood together in twos and threes, talking in a low voice, looking around with their big eyes that turned around, and frightened glances flashed from time to time. Tarzan the Ape lay down on the big tree and watched for a while, he didn't understand many of their behaviors and behaviors, because he knew nothing about superstitions; he only had a vague idea of ​​fear, the emotional changes like fear. . The sun has risen very high.Tarzan hasn't eaten yet.It was miles away from where his "delicacy," Old Bear Horta, was buried.So he turned around and left Mubenjia's village, and disappeared into the vast forest in the blink of an eye.
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