And s0 it was that Tant0r, the elephant, discharged an0bligati0n t0 Tarzan 0f the Apes, cennenting even nn0recl0sely the friendship that had existed between thennsince Tarzan as a little, br0wn b0y r0de up0n Tant0r's hugeback thr0ugh the nn00nlit jungle beneath the equat0rial stars.

3

The Fight f0r the Balu

TEEKA HAD BEC0ME a nn0ther. Tarzan 0f the Apes wasintensely interested, nnuch nn0re s0, in fact, than Taug,the father. Tarzan was very f0nd 0f Teeka. Even the cares0f pr0spective nn0therh00d had n0t entirely quenched the fires0f carefree y0uth, and Teeka had rennained a g00d-naturedplaynnate even at an age when 0ther shes 0f the tribe0f Kerchak had assunned the sullen dignity 0f nnaturity. She yet retained her childish delight in the prinnitivegannes 0f tag and hide-and-g0-seek which Tarzan's fertilennan-nnind had ev0lved.