Tarzana

Tarzana To The Rescue/Treetop Introductions

Normal speech

Thoughts

Talking aloud to self

Phil Collins Singing

Monkey language

Running for his life, John makes his way through the jungle. Looking back on it, he is thankful for his time as a cricket player at finishing school for men. All the running he did to help get runs, lead his team to many victories. So now all that training has allowed for him to maintain a good distance in front of the belligerent baboons.

He keeps on running until he sees a gap up ahead. John has two options get killed by enraged baboons or try and jump the gap. He decides to go with the second option since the odds were slightly more favorable and less painful. John jumps the gap, closing his eyes as he does so, expecting to either get across or fall. All of a sudden, John feels like he isn't doing any of these things. He opens his eyes and sees that he's flying. Feeling something holding him by his shirt, he looks up and yelps as he sees Tarzana, who is carrying him. She looks down at him grinning. John gasps in shock upon seeing his rescuer until he feels a weight on his boot. Looking at his foot he freaks out as he sees that one of the baboons is gnawing on one of his boots. He pulls out his cane and hits it shouting incoherently, trying to make him let go. The baboon does so, taking one of the boots with him as well as his sock. John continues to yelp as Tarzana swings the vine upward and jumps to a tree trunk. When they land on the tree Tarzana has caught John in the bridal position. They stare at each other in the eyes momentarily. Then losing all decorum and trying to save face, John tells Tarzana to drop him.)

John: Put me down, put me down! (Tarzana, at last, puts John down but has a concerned look to her face. He is relieved and tries to collect himself, until he sees the enraged baboons run at them.) No, pick me up, pick me up, pick me up!

Tarzana picks him back up and swiftly does some tree-surfing as the baboons continue their pursuit. She slides down the tree trunk while John continues to shriek in fear of the oncoming baboons. The ape woman slides down the trunk very fast, making him a bit nauseous. He recovers long enough to see some baboons in their way. With a yelp, he climbs onto Tarzana's back and uses his cane to knock the baboons out of their way. John laughs wickedly while Tarzana looks at him funny, wondering what is so funny. Suddenly, he yells as another baboon climbs on his cane making him loses his grip on her shoulders. Tarzana grabs onto a vine to swing away before more can come. At the same time John's legs hold onto Tarzana's waist tightly as he struggles with the screeching baboon.

Soon he gets the furious primate off, but the hook end of his cane catches a vine, making him let go of Tarzana. The ape woman turns her head and sees the baboons coming right at John. She groans as she rolls her eyes. Tarzana shakes her head feeling sorry for the male while turning around to retrieve him. The baboons have caught up to John and begin to get on him. In their efforts to get at him, the vine breaks and causes them all to fall. Luckily for him, Tarzana grabs his foot by her feet. The baboon leader grabs the cane with his son on his head and the troop holding onto him. She swings both John and most of the troop of baboons through the jungle. As the remaining baboons continue their pursuit, Tarzana keeps a hold of her vine. She sees a branch up ahead and gets an idea. She swings by the low hanging branch with a smirk on her face.

The baby baboon looks and yelps, too late as his father hits right into the tree branch. Tarzana lets go of John's foot for a moment throwing him in the air. She lands on a hollowed out log. John then falls back down towards her. She grabs him, but the weight of him is too much, causing the log to crack with Tarzana's leg in between. Unlike most, Tarzana is used to moving in unusual manners, and is unfazed by the unexpected split. Her years of training to be the best ape she can has made her very flexible. The two then see the baboons getting closer again. Tarzana jumps into the log while still holding onto John. The baboon troop tries to follow them into the log, but they block it with their immense number. The log begins to crack even more due to the strain of the baboons. Tarzana keeps moving down the log as the cracks expand. When they get halfway down the log, it completely breaks causing everyone on it to begin to fall. Tarzana grabs some nearby vines with her free hand and feet, trying to stop. Her hand burns from the force, but she manages to stop sliding. The vine then acts as a bungee cord projecting them onto a tree with John now clinging to her back. The log falls from its place and comes down on the branch they were on.