Chapter 19 satyr

Clayton fell into deep fear and anxiety after hearing the gunshot.Some sailor might have fired the gun, he thought.But he had given Jenny a gun, and his overwrought nerves always made him feel that Jenny was in great danger.Perhaps at this moment, she was doing all she could to defend herself from wild men or beasts. What this strange "captor" or his guide thought, Clayton could only make rough guesses.But he heard gunshots and it was obvious that his actions were affected.Because he quickened his pace.Clayton stumbled after him, trying his best to catch up, but he was still "out of reach".

Afraid of getting lost again, he called out to the "savage" who had already walked ahead.After a while, I was delighted to see that the man jumped in front of him very nimbly from a branch above his head. Taishan looked at the young man carefully, as if he couldn't make up his mind what to do with him.Then he bent down and gestured to Clayton to wrap his arms around his neck.When the white man climbed onto his back, Tarzan threw himself into the lush trees. The next few minutes the young Englishman will never forget.He felt that he and Tarzan were moving at unbelievable speed through the swaying foliage and Tarzan was restless because he felt that it was too slow.

With Clayton on his back, he lifted off from a very high branch, drew an arc, and landed firmly on another branch.Then, like a tightrope walker, he stepped on the intertwined branches and walked a hundred yards in the dark night. Clayton was terrified at first.But after the fear disappeared, he admired it very much, and even a little bit jealous of the strong muscles of this "Forest God" and the wonderful instinct or knowledge he showed in the forest. In such a dark night, he walked through the dense forest as easily and safely as he walked the streets of London in broad daylight.

Sometimes, when the foliage overhead was not too thick, the bright moonlight illuminated the wonderful "road" they were walking on before Clayton's amazed eyes. At this time, looking at the seemingly bottomless abyss below, he was so nervous that he couldn't even breathe.Because Taishan has to take the shortest road, it often travels at a height of one hundred feet above the ground. Although Clayton felt that they were already flying as fast as the wind, Tarzan felt that they were slower than his usual speed.Because he had to find thick branches that could bear the weight of two people.

After a while, they returned to the clearing in front of the beach.Taishan's keen ears had already heard the sound of the lion struggling hard and breaking through the window.He jumped, and Clayton felt as if he had fallen from a height of a hundred feet to the ground, but it was so light that there was no vibration at all.Clayton dismounted from the Ape and saw him sprinting toward the cabin like a squirrel. The Englishman followed him as fast as he could through the clouds, just in time to see the hind legs of the monster that was about to enter the hut stuck out of the window. Jenny opened her eyes, realizing that life-threatening disaster was at hand. The brave, young heart had finally given up its last hope.At this critical moment, she was surprised to see the giant beast being slowly pulled out of the window by some force, and by the bright moonlight, she also saw the heads and shoulders of two men.

Clayton turned around the corner of the hut and saw the "orangutan" was kicking the corner of the hut with two feet.Holding the lion's long tail with both hands, he tried his best to pull the beast out of the house. Clayton hurried over to help. "The Ape" chirped something to him in a domineering tone.Although Clayton understood what order was given to him, he didn't understand the meaning. Finally, the huge monster was slowly pulled out by the two of them bit by bit. This reckless but brave behavior of "the ape" made Clayton awed. In order to save a white girl whom he had never met, he dared to grab the tail with his bare hands and drag this bloodthirsty "king of beasts" out of the window with his bare hands. Isn't this the most remarkable heroism?

For Clayton, it was a completely different matter, because this girl was not only his kind, a countryman, but also the woman he loved most in the world. Although he knew that the lioness would kill him and the "human ape" in three mouthfuls. Eat it, but still be sure to pull it out to save Jenny Potter. Later, he recalled the scene in the jungle where he saw this strange man wrestling with the giant lion with black mane, and he increased his confidence in defeating the beast in front of him. Tarzan was still giving Clayton some "order" which he could not understand at all.

He wanted to tell this stupid white man to stab the lioness in the back and stomach with his poisoned arrows, and let him pull out the sharp hunting knife hanging behind his back and stab it in the heart.Taishan dared not let the lion go to do these things by himself.He knew that this white man with little strength would not be able to support this huge monster by himself even for a second. The lioness is slowly pulled out of the window.The last two shoulders are finally out too. At this moment, an unbelievable scene appeared before Clayton's eyes. It turned out that Taishan had been racking his brains to find a way to deal with this furious giant beast with his bare hands.Suddenly, he remembered the fight with Teganz.Therefore, when the lion's strong shoulders left the window, and his body was supported by two paws resting on the window sill, Tarzan suddenly let go of the beast.

Then, like a flash of lightning, he rode on the back of the lioness, and with his iron arms, he posed a "full Nelson" posture on the beast according to the way he won the bloody battle with Teganz that day. The lioness roared, turned her body completely over, and was pressed down by her opponent.The black-haired giant didn't panic in the slightest, it just tightened its neck with a pair of iron arms. The lioness stretched out her claws to scratch and burn in the air, and rolled back and forth on the ground, trying to throw this strange opponent off her back.But the arms that seemed to be like two iron hoops tightened more and more, and its head hung lower and lower on the tawny chest,

The "human ape" tightened the arm of the lioness and tried to lift it up, and the lion's struggle became more and more ineffective. Clayton saw Tarzan's well-developed shoulder muscles and the biceps on his arms stretched like lumps of iron under the silvery moonlight.He persisted, and with great efforts, the lioness' cervical vertebra finally broke in two with a snap. Tai Shan immediately stood up.For the second time in that day, Clayton heard the savage growl of the great ape as it celebrated victory.Then he heard Jenny's cry of agony. "Cecil—Mr. Clayton! Oh, what's the matter? What's the matter?"

Clayton hurried to the door of the cottage, and shouted to her that she was safe and told her to open the door.She raised the heavy latch as quickly as she could, opened the door, and drew Clayton in. "Where does this terrible sound come from?" She leaned close to him and asked softly. "This is the song of triumph from the chest of the man who saved your life just now, Miss Potter. Wait a minute. I'll fetch him. Thank you." The frightened girl, unwilling to be left alone, went with Clayton out of the cabin, and went under the window where the dead lion lay. Tarzan is gone. Clayton called several times, but no one answered.The two of them returned to the hut, after all, it was a relatively safe place. "It was a terrible sound!" said Jenny. "I shudder even to think of it. I cannot believe that such a terrible, blood-curdling scream can come from a human throat." "But it's true, Miss Potter." Clayton replied, "It can also be said that if it didn't come from a human throat, at least it was the cheers of the 'Sylvan God'." Then he told the story of his encounter with the strange man.Tell her how twice the wild man saved his life; tell her how strong, how nimble, and how brave he was.He also said that although he was dark-skinned, he had a handsome face. "I can't figure out what's going on," he said finally. "At first I thought he must be the 'Tarzan of the Apes,' but he neither speaks nor understands English. This kind of inference does not stand. I can't stand anymore." "Well, whoever he is," said the girl, "he saved our lives. May God keep him safe in this wild wild forest!" "Amen!" Clayton also said very emotionally. "Oh, for God's sake, am I still alive?" Clayton and Jenny turned their heads and saw Esmeralda sitting on the floor with big eyes rolling around, as if they didn't believe that the existence of the young couple in front of them was enough to prove whether she was still alive. Now it was Miss Jenny Porter's turn to respond to this tragicomedy.She sat down on the bench, whimpering and laughing hysterically.