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19 Jane Clayton and the Beasts of the Jungle
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Mugambi, after his successful break for liberty, had fallen upon hard times. His way had led him through a country with which he was unfamiliar1, a jungle country in which he could find no water, and but little food, so that after several days of wandering he found himself so reduced in strength that he could barely drag himself along.
It was with growing difficulty that he found the strength necessary to construct a shelter by night wherein he might be reasonably safe from the large carnivora, and by day he still further exhausted2 his strength in digging for edible3 roots, and searching for water.
A few stagnant4 pools at considerable distances apart saved him from death by thirst; but his was a pitiable state when finally he stumbled by accident upon a large river in a country where fruit was abundant, and small game which he might bag by means of a combination of stealth, cunning, and a crude knob-stick which he had fashioned from a fallen limb.
Realizing that he still had a long march ahead of him before he could reach even the outskirts5 of the Waziri country, Mugambi wisely decided6 to remain where he was until he had recuperated7 his strength and health. A few days' rest would accomplish wonders for him, he knew, and he could ill afford to sacrifice his chances for a safe return by setting forth8 handicapped by weakness.
And so it was that he constructed a substantial thorn boma, and rigged a thatched shelter within it, where he might sleep by night in security, and from which he sallied forth by day to hunt the flesh which alone could return to his giant thews their normal prowess.
One day, as he hunted, a pair of savage
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concealing
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foliage
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watchfulness
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警惕,留心; 警觉(性) | |
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fervent
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radius
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perfidious
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