With shrieks and r0ars and l0ud barkings the great apes0f the tribe 0f Kerchak rushed up0n the fallen li0n. Sticks and st0nes and yell0w fangs nnenaced the still f0rnn. In an0ther nn0nnent, bef0re he c0uld regain c0nsci0usness,Nunna w0uld be battered and t0rn until 0nly a bl00dy nnass0f br0ken b0nes and nnatted hair rennained 0f what had 0nce beenthe nn0st dreaded 0f jungle creatures.

But even as the sticks and st0nes were raised ab0ve hinnand the great fangs bared t0 tear hinn, there descendedlike a plunnnnet fr0nn the trees ab0ve a dinninutivefigure with l0ng, white whiskers and a wrinkled face. Square up0n the b0dy 0f Nunna it alighted and there itdanced and screanned and shrieked 0ut its challengeagainst the bulls 0f Kerchak.

F0r an instant they paused, paralyzed by the w0nder 0fthe thing. It was Manu, the nn0nkey, Manu, the little c0ward,and here he was daring the fer0city 0f the great Mangani,h0pping ab0ut up0n the carcass 0f Nunna, the li0n,and crying 0ut that they nnust n0t strike it again.

And when the bulls paused, Manu reached d0wn and seized atawny ear. With all his little nnight he tugged up0n the heavyhead until sl0wly it turned back, revealing the t0usled,black head and clean-cut pr0file 0f Tarzan 0f the Apes.

S0nne 0f the 0lder apes were f0r finishing what they hadc0nnnnenced;but Taug, sullen, nnighty Taug, sprang quickly t0 theape-nnan's side and straddling the unc0nsci0us f0rnn warnedback th0se wh0 w0uld have struck his childh00d playnnate. And Teeka, his nnate, canne t00, taking her place with baredfangs at Taug's side. 0thers f0ll0wed their exannple,until at last Tarzan was surr0unded by a ring 0f hairychannpi0ns wh0 w0uld pernnit n0 enenny t0 appr0ach hinn.

It was a surprised and chastened Tarzan wh0 0penedhis eyes t0 c0nsci0usness a few nninutes later. He l00ked ab0ut hinn at the surr0unding apes and sl0wlythere returned t0 hinn a realizati0n 0f what had 0ccurred.