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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 a moment。                Walk with me a bit 

in   my    tender   childhood�察   �bed   with   me    a  night   and   imagine    yourself 

dreaming       such    incomprehensible        horrors。      Remember        I   was    an 

inexperienced   child。      I   had   never   seen   a   wild   boar   in   my   life。   For   that 

matter I had never seen a domesticated pig。             The nearest approach to one 

that I had seen was breakfast bacon sizzling in its fat。            And yet here�察�real 

as life�察�wild boars dashed through my dreams�察�and I�察�with fantastic parents�察�

swung through the lofty tree´spaces。 

     Do you wonder that I was frightened and oppressed by my nightmare´ 

ridden nights�拭     �I was accursed。      And�察�worst of all�察�I was afraid to tell。        I 

do not know why�察�except that I had a feeling of guilt�察�though I knew no 

better of what I was guilty。        So it was�察�through long years�察�that I suffered 

in silence�察�until I came to man's estate and learned the why and wherefore 

of my dreams。 



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                              CHAPTER IV 



       There is one puzzling thing about these prehistoric memories of mine。 

It is the vagueness of the time element。          I lo not always know the order of 

events��or can I tell�察�between some events�察�whether one�察�two�察�or four or 

five years have elapsed。         I can only roughly tell the passage of time by 

judging the changes in the appearance and pursuits of my fellows。 

     Also�察  �I   can   apply  the   logic   of   events   to   the   various   happenings。   For 

instance�察�there is no doubt whatever that my mother and I were treed by 

the wild pigs and fled and fell in the days before I made the acquaintance 

of Lop´Ear�察�who became what I may call my boyhood chum。                        And it is 

just   as   conclusive   that   between   these   two   periods   I   must   have   lef
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