The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the middle of his back and an arm about his neck bend his
shoulders slowly backward. The German's knees gave and
he sank upon them, but still that irresistible force bent him
further and further. He screamed in agony for a moment --
then something snapped and Tarzan cast him aside, a limp
and lifeless thing.
The Rhodesians started forward, a cheer upon their lips --
a cheer that never was uttered -- a cheer that froze in their
throats, for at that moment Tarzan placed a foot upon the
carcass of his kill and, raising his face to the heavens, gave
voice to the weird and terrifying victory cry of the bull ape.
Tarzan the Untamed |