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? ? ? ? Meriem's conversation was interrupted by the sudden plunge of an excited little monkey that landed upon her shoulders in a flying leap from a neighboring tree.

? ? ? ? "Climb!" he cried. "Climb! The Mangani are coming."

? ? ? ? Meriem glanced lazily over her shoulder at the excited disturber of her peace.

? ? ? ? "Climb, yourself, little Manu," she said. "The only Mangani in our jungle are Korak and Akut. It is they you have seen returning from the hunt. Some day you will see your own shadow, little Manu, and then you will be frightened to death."

? ? ? ? But the monkey only screamed his warning more lustily before he raced upward toward the safety of the high terrace where Mangani, the great ape, could not follow.


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