Chapter 25 human response

When Jenny realizes that this forest monster has rescued her from the clutches of the gorilla and is taking her like a captive, she struggles desperately to escape from him.But under the control of those two iron arms, she was like a one-day-old baby, weak and weak, and the result of struggling could only hold her tighter. So, after a while, she gave up this futile effort, and squinted her eyes at the strange figure who was walking on the ground among the tangle of bushes with her in his arms. What she saw was an extremely handsome face. A face of typical masculine beauty, untainted by debauchery, brutality, and other depraved feelings and desires.Because although Tarzan the ape kills beasts and kills, he does this killing completely in the way of a hunter, without emotion.Unless in extremely special circumstances, kill because of hatred.Moreover, Taishan's hatred was not planned for a long time, it contained malice.Because that kind of hatred itself is a kind of evil and cruelty.

Tarzan kills more often than not with a smile on his face.Smiling is the foundation of beauty. When Tarzan rushed towards Teganz, the girl noticed that there was a particularly conspicuous red scar on his forehead, extending from the left eye to the scalp.But now, that scar has disappeared, leaving only a thin, faintly visible white line. Because she was no longer struggling, Tarzan's arms relaxed a little. Once, he looked down into her eyes and smiled.The girl hurriedly closed her eyes, as if to "keep the door out" of this beautiful and lovely face. After a while, Mount Tai climbed up the big tree.Jenny wondered how she wasn't scared at all.She began to realize that in her short life, she had never been able to gain a sense of security in the arms of this strong "savage" like now.Although only God knows what fate awaits her.Taishan carried her farther and farther into the depths of the mysterious primeval forest.

With her eyes closed, she began to predict the future.Rich imagination conjures so many fears.Involuntarily she raised her eyelids to gaze at the noble face so close to hers, dispelling the last shadows. No, he would never do her any harm.There was something chivalrous about his handsome face, and his frank, brave eyes. They go, go.From Jenny's point of view, there always seemed to be an iron wall made of lush vegetation.But this "God of the forest" seemed to have used some magic, and in front of him, there was always "the willows are dark and the flowers are bright", and as soon as they passed by, the dense branches and leaves closed again.

Hardly a branch touched her.But up and down, front and back, there are all tangled branches and vines. When Taishan walked through the jungle with such a steady pace, many novel feelings arose in his heart.Now he ran into a problem he had never encountered before.Through intuition, not reason, he realized that the problem should be approached at the level of a man, not an ape. Now, he walks through the "middle ground" of the trees.This is a path he often takes.For going more easily helped him cool down the first fiery and ferocious impulses of his newfound love. He thought to himself, if the girl was not rescued from Teganz, what fate would await her?

He knew why the great ape hadn't killed her.He began to compare the difference between his purpose of saving her and Teganz's purpose of robbing her. The rule in the jungle is that males can seek mates violently.This is true.But can Taishan guide his behavior with the moral code of the leader? Isn't Tarzan human?And how do people deal with this kind of thing?He was puzzled.Because he doesn't know anything about it. He wanted to ask the girl, but felt that she had already answered him. Didn't she struggle to escape from his arms?Wasn't she trying to express her hatred?

Now they have come to their destination.Tarzan the Ape hugged Jenny and jumped very briskly onto the lawn of the "Arena"—that is, the "small stage" where the great apes discussed and celebrated the "Dum-Dum" carnival. It was only about three o'clock in the afternoon, though they had walked many miles.The sunlight shines on the "small stage" through the labyrinth of green onion-covered branches and leaves, which looks very soft. The green grass looks spongy, cool and inviting.All the mysterious sounds in the jungle seemed to be far away and empty, and there was only a vague echo, like the waves from a distant shore, rising and falling.

Jenny sat down on the grass, and a dreamlike ease and tranquility flowed through her heart quietly.She raised her head and looked at the burly and strong man standing above her, adding a strange, seemingly perfect sense of security. When she narrowed her eyes to look at him like this, Tai Shan stepped across the circular open space and walked towards several towering trees.His demeanor was dignified, his figure was so well-proportioned that he was almost invulnerable.On the broad shoulders, the graceful head is poised and full of self-confidence. What a perfect man, under his appearance like a god of beauty, there will never be cruelty and meanness.Never, she thought, since God created the first man in his own image, had such an embodiment of beauty set foot in the world.

As soon as Taishan jumped, he jumped onto a tree and disappeared.Jenny wondered where he had gone?Could it be that he just left her in this desolate jungle? She looked around nervously, as if every vine, every bush was a hiding place for monstrous beasts preparing to bite her sweet nephrite with their gleaming teeth.And every sound is the sound of those ferocious and vicious beasts sneaking up. Without him, everything would be so different! It had been only a few minutes since Tarzan had gone, but it seemed to the terrified girl that hours had passed.She sat there nervously, waiting for some beast that was crouching in the bushes to come and end her fear and misery.

She even prayed that she would soon lose consciousness under those sharp teeth, and be freed from the unbearable fear. Suddenly, there was a slight sound from behind.With a cry, she jumped up and turned around, ready to meet death. Tai Shan stood in front of him, holding a pile of overripe and delicious wild fruits in his arms. Jenny felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground.Taishan dropped the wild fruit in his hand and hugged her hastily.She didn't faint, but she clung to him tightly, trembling like a frightened fawn. Tarzan stroked her soft hair, comforting her.Just like when he was frightened by the lioness Shanbao or the poisonous snake Hesta when he was a child, Carla comforted him.

Once, he gently pressed his lips to her forehead.She didn't move, but closed her eyes and let out a long breath. She could not explain her feelings, nor did she want to make the effort.She was satisfied with gaining a sense of security in these two powerful arms. As for the future, she could only obey the arrangement of fate.The experience of the last few hours had taught her that she could trust the eccentric of the woods as well as the few men she knew. Everything is so wonderful.She suddenly realized dimly that this was probably the love that she had never really experienced before.She was so surprised that she couldn't help smiling.

Smiling, she gently pushed Taishan away, with an inquiring expression on her face, which became more and more charming.She sat down leaning on the edge of the giant ape's clay drum, and pointed to the wild fruits scattered on the ground, because she was already hungry. Taishan quickly picked up all the fruits and put them at her feet. Then he sat down on the clay drum next to her and cut open all kinds of wild fruits with a knife to prepare lunch for her. They ate in silence, stealing glances at each other from time to time.Until at last Jenny broke out into a merry laugh, and Tarzan laughed too. "I wish you could speak English," said the girl. Taishan shook his head, his smiling eyes were full of longing and sadness. Jenny tried to speak French to him, then German.Then I laughed out loud at my stuttering and error-ridden German. "Anyway," she told him in English, "you are no more likely to understand my bad German than the Germans in Berlin." Taishan had already made up his mind on what to do next.He had thought over the behavior of the men and women described in the books in the cabin. He imagined how the men in the book would treat Jenny if they were in the current situation, and asked himself to behave like them. He got up again and jumped up the tree.But before he left, he gestured to Jenny that he would be back soon.He expressed himself so well that Jenny understood at once, and she didn't feel afraid when he left. There was just a feeling of loneliness that came over me, and longing eyes shot to the place where he disappeared, waiting for him to come back.Like last time, she heard him come back from the slight noise behind her.She turned her face and saw him coming from the grass with a large bundle of branches in his arms. Then he went into the jungle again, and in a few minutes came back with a large bundle of soft thatch and fern.He went two more times and brought back a lot of firewood. He spread ferns and thatch on the ground to make a soft and flat "bed". Then, a few feet above this "bed", many branches were criss-crossed, covered with leaves of a large elephant ear tree, and one end was blocked with branches and leaves, so that a shelter was built. After setting up the hut, they sat next to each other on the edge of the clay drum, trying to talk with gestures. Jenny was amazed at the very fine diamond-encrusted locket that Tarzan wore around his neck.She pointed to it, and Tarzan took it off and handed it to her. She saw that the necklace had been made by a man of considerable skill, and that the diamonds in the locket, shining with brilliance, were arranged in a most beautiful arrangement.But the way the diamonds are cut shows that this is a craft from a bygone era. She also noticed that the locket could be opened.She pressed a little button hidden in the shadows, and the gold box snapped open, revealing a miniature portrait carved in ivory on each side. One is a beautiful woman, and the other is very similar to the man sitting next to her except for her expression. She looked up, and saw Tarzan bent over, staring straight at the portrait in the locket with a surprised expression on his face.He took the necklace from her hand, and examined the portraits in the gold case, which made it clear that he had never seen either of them before, and had no idea that the locket could be opened. Jenny was puzzled.Her fertile imagination began to picture how such a beautiful ornament could have fallen into the hands of a wild man in the primeval African forest. What's even more amazing is why the pocket portrait in the locket may be the elder brother of the "Sydney God", or more like his father, and he doesn't even know that the locket can be opened. Tarzan was still staring at the two portraits.After a while he took off the quiver from his shoulder, dumped the arrows on the ground, and took out a small bag wrapped in many layers of soft leaves and tied with a long thatch. He carefully unwrapped the small bag, opened layer after layer of leaves, and took out a photo from inside. He pointed to the pocket portrait of the man in the small golden basin, handed the photo to Jenny, and held the small golden basin next to the photo for comparison. The picture amazed the girl all the more, for it was evident that he was the same man as the man in the miniature. She glanced up at Tarzan and saw him looking at her with surprise and bewilderment in his eyes.His lips moved as if to ask a question. The girl pointed to the photo, then to the portrait, and then to him, as if to say that she thought it was his photo.Tai Shan shook his head, shrugged his broad shoulders, took the photo back from her hand, wrapped it up carefully, and put it at the bottom of the quiver. He sat for a while in silence, his eyes on the grass.Jenny held the locket in her hand, and turned it over, hoping to find some clue that might prove its previous owner. Then it occurred to her that the owner of this locket must be Lord Greystoke, and that there were portraits of him and Lady Alice. The wild man had just stumbled across it in that hut.She was so stupid that she hadn't thought of that before. But it was hard for her to imagine why Lord Greystoke was so similar to this "sylvan god".Of course, she would never have dreamed that this almost naked savage was an English nobleman. Tarzan finally turned his head, staring at Jenny.She was examining the locket carefully.He could not fathom the meaning of the two portraits in the locket, but he could understand the interest and joy in the face of the lively young girl beside him. Seeing him staring at her, she thought she wanted the necklace, so she gave it back to him. He took the necklace, spread his hands, put it on her neck, and smiled at her because of this unexpected Surprised by the gift. Jenny shook her head vigorously, trying to get the gold chain off her neck. But Mount Tai doesn't allow it.When she insisted on taking it, she held her hands tightly to prevent her from doing so. Jenny didn't insist anymore, she smiled softly, held up the locket and kissed it. Taishan didn't know the definite meaning of her gesture, but guessed it was her approval of this gift.So he stood up, held up the locket, bent down solemnly like the ministers in ancient times, and kissed the place where she had kissed. When it was dark, they ate some wild fruits again.For them, this is food and water.Then Tarzan got up, led Jenny to the little shack he had built, and gestured for her to enter. For the first time in hours, Jenny felt a rush of fear rushing through her.Tarzan also saw that she drew back straight away, as if trying to avoid him. After staying with this girl for a long time, Taishan is completely different from the Taishan who stood up facing the rising sun this morning. Now, in every cell of his being, the instincts inherited from man played a greater role than the training given him by the beast. He certainly cannot change from a savage to a civilized man in an instant.But in the end, human instinct prevailed.First of all he wanted to win the favor of the woman he loved, hoping to behave better in her eyes. So Tarzan drew the hunting knife from its sheath, handed her the handle first, and then gestured for her to come into the shed.It was the only thing he knew that made Jenny feel good about herself. The girl understood what he meant, took the long hunting knife, went into the shed, and lay down on the soft grass.The ape Tarzan was lying outside, blocking the entrance and exit of the shack with his body. They lay like this when the sun rose. After Jenny woke up, she didn't think of the strange things that happened the day before, and she was surprised by the weird things around her——the small hut covered with leaves, the soft thatch on the "bed", the lying on the "door". The unfamiliar protector at her feet. Slowly, yesterday's events flashed through her mind one by one, an indescribable surprise rose in her heart, and a wave of infinite gratitude surged up.Trapped in such a dangerous environment, she was not harmed in the slightest. She climbed out of the shack to find Tarzan.he is not here.But this time she didn't feel scared, knowing in her heart that he would be back soon. There were still marks of his sleeping there on the pile of grass in front of the hut.He just lay there all night watching over her.She knew that it was because of his protection that she could sleep peacefully until dawn. With him by his side, who would feel intimidated?She thought that if another man and a girl stayed deep in the African jungle, there must be no safety at all.Now, she is not even afraid of lions and leopards. She raised her head and saw his vigorous figure jumping down from a nearby tree very nimbly.He saw her looking at him, with a frank and bright smile on her face again.It was this smile that earned her confidence yesterday. He came over to her, Jenny's.Can't help but dance violently. When other men approached, her eyes had never been so bright as they are now. He picked wild fruits again.He put the fruit outside the hut, and the two of them sat together again and ate it. Jenny was wondering what his next plan was?Do you want to send her back to the cottage on the beach, or do you want to keep her here?Suddenly she realized that it didn't matter where she was.However, could she really not care about such a big matter? She felt that it was a great joy and happiness to sit and eat delicious wild fruits with this smiling "Forest God" in the "Garden of Eden" in the remote African jungle. She can't understand all this.Reason told her that she should have been distraught, terrified, and depressed by the uncertainty of her future.Instead, her heart sang, and she smiled at the understanding face of the man sitting next to her. After breakfast, Tarzan went into the hut to take out his hunting knife.The girl had long since forgotten it.She realized it was because the fear she was constantly reminded to defend herself from was gone. Tai Shan walked towards the big tree on the edge of the "arena" and gestured for her to follow behind.He put an iron arm around her waist, jumped up, and grabbed a branch. The girl understood that he was going to send her back to her relatives, and for some reason a sense of loss arose in her heart. They walked for hours, swinging slowly from the branches. Tarzan was in no hurry.He wanted to last as long as possible, trying to savor the great sweetness and joy of traveling with those lovely arms around his neck.So he detoured around the road that led directly to the beach, and walked Jenny back to the cottage by going south. On the way, they stopped several times to rest for a while.For Tarzan this was not necessary.At noon, they rested for another hour by the stream, drank spring water, and ate wild fruits. It was almost dusk before they returned to the beach.Tarzan jumped down beside a big tree, parted the thick green grass in the jungle, and pointed to the hut to Jenny. She took him by the hand to take him back to the hut, and told her father that it was this man who had saved her from death and a fate worse than death, and who had taken care of her like a mother. But once again the fear inherent in the beasts where men lived flitted over Tarzan.He took a few steps back and shook his head. The girl walked up to him, raised her head and looked at him beggingly.For some reason, an unbearable pain arose in her at the thought of him returning alone to the dreadful jungle. He shook his head again.At last he drew her very tenderly to his side, and kissed her affectionately.But he looked into her eyes first, and waited to find out whether she agreed or refused before taking action. The girl hesitated for a moment, realizing that he was asking for her opinion, so she put her arms around his neck tightly, pressed close to his face, and kissed passionately without any shyness. "I love you...I love you!" she murmured. Intensive gunshots were faintly heard in the distance.Both Tarzan and Jenny raised their heads. Mr. Philander and Esmeralda came out of the cabin. From under the big tree where Tarzan and the girl stood, the two anchored boats in the bay could not be seen. Tarzan pointed in the direction of the gunshot, patted his chest, and pointed there again.She knew he was leaving.His look told her that he was going to save his people. He kissed her again. "Come back and see me," she said softly, "I'll be waiting for you...forever!" he's gone.Jenny turned her face and walked across the clearing toward the cottage. Mr. Philander saw something approaching, but did not recognize Jenny.Because it was already dusk, and he was short-sighted. "Quick! Esmeralda!" he cried. "Go back to the house and hide. The lion is coming! My God!" Esmeralda didn't want to confirm whether his words were correct, his tone was enough to scare her out of her body.She ran into the hut, and before the old man could say "Esmeralda," she slammed the door and bolted it from the inside.Therefore, the word "My God!" was shouted by Mr. Philander when he realized that Esmeralda had locked him outside the cabin door in his panic. He knocked frantically on the heavy door. "Esmeralda! Esmeralda!" he screamed, "Let me in! I'm going to be eaten by a lion! " Esmeralda thought the rattling sound was a lion chasing her, and she fainted again out of habit. Mr. Philander glanced back in horror. Terrible!The guy was pretty close to him.He tried to climb onto the roof, and succeeded in grabbing something on the thatched roof. He hung in mid-air like a cat on a clothesline, kicking his legs.After a while, he pulled the things off the roof, and Mr. Philander fell to the ground on his back. The moment he fell, an unusually eye-catching piece of content in the natural history textbook jumped to his mind.According to Mr. Philander's often erroneous memory, this means that if a person pretends to be dead, the male lion or lioness "will not eat." Therefore, Mr. Philander began to play dead as soon as he hit the ground.When he fell on his back, his arms and legs naturally pointed upwards.Now that I am "dead", I dare not move any more, as long as I stand firm, that look is indeed unforgettable. Jenny, who had been watching his antics in amazement, couldn't help giggling now.Although the sound was not loud, it was enough to liberate Mr. Philander from "death".He got up quickly, looked around, and finally found Jenny. "Jenny!" he cried, "Jenny Potter! My God!" He stood up immediately and ran towards her.He couldn't believe it was Jenny, couldn't believe she was alive. "My God! Where did you come from? Where did you go? How are you……" "Oh, Mr. Philander." The girl interrupted him. "I can't answer so many questions at once." "Yes, yes," said Mr. Philander, "my God! I'm so glad and surprised to see you back safe and sound. I don't know what to say. Really! Come, give Let me tell you, what happened to you?"