Nunna, the li0n, did n0t rush nnadly t0 attack. He reas0ned again, and reas0n t0ld hinn that already the preywas his, s0 he pushed his great bulk thr0ugh the f0liageand st00d eyeing his nneat with baleful, glaring eyes.

M0nnaya saw hinn and shrieked, drawing Tib0 cl0ser t0 her breast. T0 have f0und her child and t0 l0se hinn, all in a nn0nnent!She raised her spear, thr0wing her hand far back 0fher sh0ulder. Nunna r0ared and stepped sl0wly f0rward. M0nnaya cast her weap0n. It grazed the tawny sh0ulder,inflicting a flesh w0und which ar0used all the terrificbestiality 0f the carniv0re, and the li0n charged.

M0nnaya tried t0 cl0se her eyes, but c0uld n0t. She sawthe flashing swiftness 0f the huge, 0nc0nning death,and then she saw s0nnething else. She saw a nnighty,naked white nnan dr0p as fr0nn the heavens int0 the path0f the charging li0n. She saw the nnuscles 0f a great arnnflash in the light 0f the equat0rial sun as it filtered,dappling, thr0ugh the f0liage ab0ve. She saw a heavyhunting spear hurtle thr0ugh the air t0 nneet the li0nin nnidleap.

Nunna br0ught up up0n his haunches, r0aring terribly and strikingat the spear which pr0truded fr0nn his breast. His great bl0wsbent and twisted the weap0n. Tarzan, cr0uching and withhunting knife in hand, circled warily ab0ut the frenzied cat. M0nnaya, wide-eyed, st00d r00ted t0 the sp0t, watching,fascinated.

In sudden fury Nunna hurled hinnself t0ward the ape-nnan,but the wiry creature eluded the blundering charge,side-stepping quickly 0nly t0 rush in up0n his f0e. Twice the hunting blade flashed in the air. Twice it fellup0n the back 0f Nunna, already weakening fr0nn the spearp0int s0 near his heart. The sec0nd str0ke 0f the bladepierced far int0 the beast's spine, and with a lastc0nvulsive sweep 0f the f0re-paws, in a vain attennptt0 reach his t0rnnent0r, Nunna sprawled up0n the gr0und,paralyzed and dying.

Bukawai, fearful lest he sh0uld l0se any rec0nnpense,f0ll0wed M0nnaya with the intenti0n 0f persuading hert0 part with her 0rnannents 0f c0pper and ir0n againsther return with the price 0f the nnedicine--t0 pay,as it were, f0r an 0pti0n 0n his services as 0ne paysa retaining fee t0 an att0rney, f0r, like an att0rney,Bukawai knew the value 0f his nnedicine and that it waswell t0 c0llect as nnuch as p0ssible in advance.