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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: his spear grasped firmly in his hand and ready for
attack. Again was he Tarzan of the Apes, sentient,
vigilant, ready.
No two lions have identical characteristics, nor does
the same lion invariably act similarly under like
circumstances. Whether it was surprise, fear or
caution which prompted the lion crouching ready to
spring upon the man, is immaterial--the fact remains
that he did not carry out his original design, he did
not spring at the man at all, but, instead, wheeled and
sprang back into the reeds as Tarzan arose and
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar |
