Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs for December 03, 2021

Maharky “malarkey”.

Apeling… How rude!

What’s really rude is Korak calling his dad by his name. Has you no manners, you little apeling offspring?

I take it Tarzan can;t just Fedex it back? Fedex claims it goes everywhere. Or is that UPS?

But can you stop at a McD’s on the way? Little hungry here.

“It hypnotizes people and eats them,” Tarzan explained, “so we must take it back where it can kill and devour more.”

“Uh, Dad? Has it been working on your brain?”

I got here a little late in the storyline. Is there a reason they can’t kill it? Its taste for human flesh would allow them to call it an execution.

“Roses are red, violets are blue, a face like yours, should be in a zoo”

Gee Dad, he’s friendly. Can’t we keep him?

When my oldest granddaughter was three, we used to watch the old Jonny Quest TV show together (I bought the DVDs). Her favorite episode was “Turu the Terrible” about a Pteranodon. She wanted to make it her pet and keep it in her Dad’s backyard.

Does Korak ever call Tarzan ‘Dad’?

This is more like a “Twilight Zone” tale and about to get even weirder…….mind reading/controlling toothy ugly buzzards.

“Call me apeling one more time, Mahar, and I’ll have you stuffed and mounted over my mantelpiece.”