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Chapter 12 Man’s Reason
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There was one of the tribe of Tarzan who questioned his authority, and that was Terkoz, the son of Tublat, but he so feared the keen knife and the deadly arrows of his new lord that he confined the manifestation1 of his objections to petty disobediences and irritating mannerisms; Tarzan knew, however, that he but waited his opportunity to wrest2 the kingship from him by some sudden stroke of treachery, and so he was ever on his guard against surprise.
For months the life of the little band went on much as it had before, except that Tarzan’s greater intelligence and his ability as a hunter were the means of providing for them more bountifully than ever before. Most of them, therefore, were more than content with the change in rulers.
Tarzan led them by night to the fields of the black men, and there, warned by their chief’s superior wisdom, they ate only what they required, nor ever did they destroy what they could not eat, as is the way of Manu, the monkey, and of most apes.
So, while the blacks were wroth at the continued pilfering3 of their fields, they were not discouraged in their efforts to cultivate the land, as would have been the case had Tarzan permitted his people to lay waste the plantation4 wantonly.
During this period Tarzan paid many nocturnal visits to the village, where he often renewed his supply of arrows. He soon noticed the food always standing5 at the foot of the tree which was his avenue into the palisade, and after a little, he commenced to eat whatever the blacks put there.
When the awe-struck savages7 saw that the food disappeared overnight they were filled with consternation8 and dread9, for it was one thing to put food out to propitiate
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n.表现形式;表明;现象 | |
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v.偷窃(小东西),小偷( pilfer的现在分词 );偷窃(一般指小偷小摸) | |
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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warriors
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instinctively
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entirely
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pestilence
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mar
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inmates
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n.休息,中止,暂缓 | |
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despoil
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longing
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semblance
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兽( brute的名词复数 ); 畜生; 残酷无情的人; 兽性 | |
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hatred
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renounce
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malignant
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ferocious
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supremacy
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bully
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bullying
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subdue
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maturity
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fangs
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belly
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limpid
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brook
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