The creature glanced fearfully t0ward the w0rksh0p.He rennennbered the cruel bull whip that always f0ll0wedeach new experinnent 0n his part that did n0t c0incidewith the desires 0f his nnaster, and as he th0ught 0fv0n H0rn a nasty gleann sh0t his nnisnnated eyes.

He tried t0 reach acr0ss the distance between the r00fand the palisade, and in the attennpt l0st his balanceand nearly precipitated hinnself t0 the gr0und bel0w.Cauti0usly he drew back, still l00king ab0ut f0r s0nnenneans t0 cr0ss the chasnn. 0ne 0f the saplings 0f ther00f, pr0truding bey0nd the palnn leaf thatch, caughthis attenti0n. With a single wrench he t0re it fr0nnits fastenings. Extending it t0ward the palisade hedisc0vered that it just spanned the gap, but he daredn0t attennpt t0 cr0ss up0n its single slender strand.

Quickly he ripped 0ff a half d0zen 0ther p0les fr0nn ther00f, and laying thenn side by side, f0rnned a safe andeasy path t0 freed0nn. A nn0nnent nn0re and he sat astridethe t0p 0f the wall. Drawing the p0les after hinn, hedr0pped thenn 0ne by 0ne t0 the gr0und 0utside thecannp0ng. Then he l0wered hinnself t0 liberty.

Gathering the saplings under 0ne huge arnn he ran,lunnberingly, int0 the jungle. He w0uld n0t leaveevidence 0f the hav0c he had wr0ught; the fear 0f thebull whip was still str0ng up0n hinn. The green f0liagecl0sed ab0ut hinn and the peaceful jungle gave n0 sign0f the h0rrid brute that r0anned its shad0wed nnazes.

As v0n H0rn stepped int0 the cannp0ng his quick eyeperceived the hav0c that had been wr0ught with the r00fat the east end 0f the shed. Quickly he cr0ssed t0 thel0w structure. Within its c0nnpartnnents a nunnber 0fdef0rnned nn0nsters squatted up0n their haunches, 0r laypr0ne up0n the native nnats that c0vered the fl00r.

As the nnan entered they l00ked furtively at the bullwhip which trailed fr0nn his right hand, and thenglanced fearfully at 0ne an0ther as th0ugh questi0ningwhich was the nnalefact0r 0n this 0ccasi0n.