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that   sounded     like  ;kh´ah�    �kh´ah� ─   �So   sudden   and     formidable     was   her 

appearance   that   the   boar   involuntarily   bunched   himself   together   on   the 

defensive   and   bristled   as   she   swerved   toward   him。       Then   she   swerved 

toward me。       She had quite taken the breath out of him。             I knew just what 

to   do   in   that   moment   of   time   she   had   gained。   I   leaped   to   meet   her�察�

catching her about the waist and holding on hand and footyes�察�by my feet�察�

I could hold on by them as readily as by my hands。                    I could feel in my 

tense grip the pull of the hair as her skin and her muscles moved beneath 

with her efforts。 

     As I say�察�I leaped to meet her�察�and on the instant she leaped straight up 

into the   air�察  �catching   an   overhanging   branch   with   her   hands。      The   next 

instant�察   �with   clashing    tusks�察  �the  boar    drove   past   underneath。     He    had 

recovered from his surprise and sprung forward�察�emitting a squeal that was 

almost a trumpeting。         At any rate it was a call�察�for it was followed by the 

rushing of bodies through the ferns and brush from all directions。 

     From every side wild hogs dashed into the open spacea score of them。 

But my mother swung over the top of a thick limb�察�a dozen feet from the 

ground�察�and�察�still holding on to her�察�we perched there in safety。                  She was 

very   excited。     She    chattered    and    screamed�察    �and   scolded    down    at  the 

bristling�察   �tooth´gnashing       circle   that   had    gathered     beneath。     I�察  �too�察�

trembling�察�peered down at the angry beasts and did my best to imitate my 

mother's cries。 

     From the distance came similar cries�察�only pitched deeper�察�into a sort 

of   roaring   bass。    These   grew   momentarily   louder�察  �and   soon   I   saw   him 



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approaching�察  �my   fatherat   least�察  �by   all   the   evidence   of   the   times�察  �I   am 

driven to conclude that he was my father。 

     He   was   not   an   extremely   prepossessing   father�察  �as   fathers   go。      He 

seemed half man�察�and half ape�察�and yet not ape�察�and not yet man。 I fail to 

describe   him。   There   is   nothing   like   him   to´day   on   the   earth�察  �under   the 

earth�察�nor in the earth。       He was a large man in his day�察�and he must have 

weighed all of a hundred and thirty pounds。               His face was broad and flat�察�

and the eyebrows over´hung the eyes。               The eyes themselves were small�察�

deep´set�察�and close together。          He had practically no nose at all。            It was 

squat and broad�察�apparently with´out   any bridge�察�while the nostrils  were 

like two holes in the face�察�opening outward instead of down。 

     The forehead slanted back from the eyes�察�and the hair began right at 

the eyes   and   ran up over   the head。        The   head   itself   was   preposterously 

small and was supported on an equally preposterous�察�thick�察�short neck。 

     There was an elemental economy about his bodyas was there about 

all our bodies。      The chest was deep�察�it is true�察�cavernously deep�察�but there 

were   no   full´swelling   muscles�察  �no   wide´spreading   shoulders�察  �no   clean´ 

limbed   straightness�察     �no   generous   symmetry   of       outline。   It   represented 

strength�察   �that   body   of   my   father's�察 �strength    without    beauty�察   �ferocious�察�

primordial strength�察�made to clutch and gripe and rend and destroy。 

     His   hips   were   thin�察  �and   the   legs�察  �lean   and   hairy�察  �were   crooked   and 

stringy´muscled。        In   fact�察  �my   father's   legs   were   more   like   arms。   They 

were twisted and gnarly�察�and with scarcely the semblance of the full meaty 

calf such as graces your leg and mine。             I remember he could not walk on 

the flat of his foot。     This was because it was a prehensile foot�察�more like a 

hand than a foot。        The great toe�察�instead of being in line with the other 

toes�察�opposed them�察�like a thumb�察�and its opposition to the other toes was 

what enabled him to get a grip with his foot。              This was why he could not 

walk on the flat of his foot。 

     But    his  appearance      was   no   more    unusual    than   the  manner     of  his 

coming�察�there to my mother and me as we perched above the angry wild 

pigs。    He came through the trees�察�leaping from limb to limb and from tree 

to tree�察�and he came swiftly。          I can see him now�察�in my wake´a´day life�察�

as   I   write   this�察  �swinging   along   through   the   trees�察  �a   four´handed�察  �hairy 



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creature�察�howling with rage�察�pausing now and again to beat his chest with 

his clenched fist�察�leaping ten´and´fifteen´foot gaps�察�catching a branch with 

one hand and swinging on across another gap to catch with his other hand 

and go on�察�never hesitating�察�never at a loss as to how to proceed on his 

arboreal way。 

     And   as   I   watched   him   I   felt   in   my   own   being�察  �in   my   very   muscles 

themselves�察  �the   surge   and   thrill   of   desire   to   go   leaping   from   bough   to 

bough�察�and I felt also the guarantee of the latent power in that being and in 

those   muscles   of   mine。     And   why   not�拭  �Little   boys   watch   their   fathers 

swing axes and fell trees�察�and feel in themselves that some day they�察�too�察�

will swing axes and fell trees。         And so with me。        The life that was in me 

was constituted to do what my father did�察�and it whispered to me secretly 

and ambitiously of aerial paths and forest flights。 

     At last my father joined us。        He was extremely angry。 I remember the 

out´thrust of his protruding underlip as he glared down at the wild pigs。 

He snarled something like a dog�察�and I remember that his eye´teeth were 

large�察�like fangs�察�and that they impressed me tremendously。 

     His conduct served only the more to infuriate the pigs。 He broke off 

twigs   and   small   branches   and   flung   them   down   upon   our   enemies。   He 

even hung by one hand�察�tantalizingly just beyond reach�察�and mocked them 

as they gnashed their tusks with impotent rage。              Not content with this�察�he 

broke off a stout branch�察�and�察�holding on with one hand and foot�察�jabbed 

the   infuriated   beasts   in   the   sides   and   whacked   them   across   their   noses。 

Needless to state�察�my mother and I enjoyed the sport。 

     But one tires of all good things�察�and in the end�察�my father�察�chuckling 

maliciously the while�察�led the way across the trees。 Now  it was that   my 

ambitions ebbed away�察�and I became timid�察�holding tightly to my mother 

as she climbed and swung through space。                I remember when the branch 

broke with her weight。         She had made a wide leap�察�and with the snap of 

the wood I was overwhelmed with the sickening consciousness of falling 

through space�察�the pair of us。         The forest and the sunshine on the rustling 

leaves    vanished     from   my    eyes。  I  had   a  fading   glimpse     of  my   father 

abruptly arresting his progress to look�察�and then all was blackness。 

     The next moment I was awake�察�in my sheeted bed�察�sweating�察�trembling�察�



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nauseated。      The window was up�察�and a cool air was blowing through the 

room。     The night´lamp was burning calmly。              And because of this I take 

it that the wild pigs did not get us�察�that we never fetched bottom�察�else I 

should not be here now�察�a thousand centuries after�察�to remember the event。 

     And now put yourself in my place for

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