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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   left   my 

mother。 

     I have no memory of my father than the one I have given。                 Never�察�in 

the years that followed�察�did he reappear。          And from my knowledge of the 

times�察�the only explanation possible lies in that he perished shortly after 

the adventure with the wild pigs。         That it must have been an untimely end�察�

there is no discussion。       He was in full vigor�察�and only sudden and violent 

death could have taken him off。          But I know not the manner of his going´ 

´whether he   was drowned   in the   river�察�or   was swallowed by a   snake�察 �or 

went     into  the   stomach    of   old  Saber´Tooth�察    �the   tiger�察 �is  beyond    my 

knowledge。 

     For know that I remember only the things I saw myself�察�with my own 

eyes�察�in those prehistoric days。         If my mother knew my father's end�察�she 

never told me。       For that matter I doubt if she had a vocabulary adequate 

to convey such information。          Perhaps�察�all told�察�the Folk in that day had a 

vocabulary of thirty or forty sounds。 

     I call them SOUNDS�察�rather than WORDS�察�because sounds they were 

primarily。     They   had   no   fixed   values�察  �to   be   altered   by   adjectives   and 

adverbs。      These latter were  tools of speech not   yet invented。 Instead   of 

qualifying     nouns    or  verbs   by   the  use   of  adjectives   and   adverbs�察   �we 

qualified     sounds   by   intonation�察  �by   changes    in  quantity   and   pitch�察  �by 

retarding     and   by  accelerating。     The    length   of   time  employed      in  the 

utterance of a particular sound shaded its meaning。 



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     We had no conjugation。          One judged the tense by the context。             We 

talked    only   concrete    things  because    we   thought    only   concrete    things。 

Also�察�we depended largely on pantomime。                The simplest abstraction was 

practically beyond our thinking�察�and when one did happen to think one�察�he 

was hard put to communicate it to his fellows。             There were no sounds for 

it。   He was pressing beyond the limits of his vocabulary。               If he invented 

sounds for it�察�his fellows did not understand the sounds。              Then it was that 

he fell back on pantomime�察�illustrating the thought wherever possible and 

at the same time repeating the new sound over and over again。 

     Thus    language     grew。   By    the   few   sounds    we   possessed    we   were 

enabled to think a short distance beyond those sounds�察�then came the need 

for   new    sounds    wherewith      to  express    the  new    thought。    Sometimes�察�

however�察     �we   thought    too  long   a  distance    in  advance    of  our   sounds�察�

managed      to  achieve    abstractions    ��dim   ones   I  grant���察 �which    we   failed 

utterly to make known to other folk。          A
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