forbidden to the people remember forbidden said but i still think should have warned thee against them i � i how was i to guess he would play with such dirt the monkey people a fresh shower came down on their heads and the two trotted away taking with them what had said about the was perfectly true they belonged to the tree tops and as beasts very seldom look up there was no occasion for the and the people to cross each other s path but whenever they found a sick wolf or a wounded tiger or bear the would torment him and would throw sticks and nuts at any beast for fun and in the hope of being noticed then they would howl and shriek senseless songs and invite s hunting the people to climb up their trees and fight them or would start furious battles over nothing among themselves and leave the dead where the people could see they were always just going to have a leader and laws and customs of their own but they never did because their memories would not hold over from day to day and so they things by making up a saying what the log think now the will think later and that comforted them a great deal none of the beasts could reach them but on the other hand none of the beasts would notice them and that was why they were so pleased when came to play with them and they heard how angry was they never meant to do any more � the log never mean anything at all but one of them invented what seemed to him a brilliant idea and he told all the others that would be a useful person to keep in the tribe because he could sticks together for protection from the wind so if they caught him they could make him teach them of course as a s child inherited all sorts of instincts and used to make little huts of fallen branches without thinking how he came to do it and the monkey people watching in the trees considered his play most wonderful this time they said they were really going to have a leader and become the wisest people in the � so wise that every one else would notice and envy them therefore they followed and and through the very quietly till it was time for the mid day nap and who was very much the book ashamed of himself slept between the and the bear to have no more to do with the monkey people next thing he remembered was feeling hands on his legs and arms � hard strong little hands � and then a of branches in his face and then he was staring down through the swaying boughs as woke the with his deep cries and bounded up the trunk with every tooth the log howled with triumph and away to the upper branches where dared not follow shouting he has noticed us has noticed us all the people admire us for our skill and our cunning then they began their flight and the flight of the monkey people through tree land is one of the things nobody can describe they have their regular roads and cross roads up hills and down hills all laid out from fifty to seventy or a hundred feet above ground and by these they can travel even at night if necessary two of the strongest caught under the arms and swung off with him through the tree tops twenty feet at a bound had they been alone they could have gone twice as fast but the boy s weight held them back sick and giddy as was he could not help enjoying the wild rush though the glimpses of earth far down below frightened him and the terrible check and jerk at the end of the swing over nothing but empty air brought his heart between his teeth his escort would rush him up a tree till he felt the branches and bend under them and then with a cough and a would fling themselves into the air and downwards and � s hunting bring up hanging by their hands or their feet to the lower limbs of the next tree sometimes he could see for miles and miles across the still green as a man on the top of a mast can see for miles across he sea and then the branches and leaves would lash him across the face and he and his two guards would be almost down to earth again so bounding and crashing and and yelling the whole tribe of log swept along the tree roads with their prisoner for a time he was afraid of being dropped then he grew angry but knew better than to struggle and then he began to think the first thing was to send back word to and for at the pace the were going he knew his friends would be left far behind it was useless to look down for he could only see the top sides of the branches so he stared upwards and saw far away in the blue the and as he kept watch over the waiting for things to die saw that the were carrying something and dropped a few hundred yards to find out whether their load was good to eat he whistled with surprise when he saw being dragged up to a tree top and heard him give the call for � we be of one blood thou and i the waves of the branches closed over the boy but balanced away to the next tree in time to see the little brown face come up again mark my trail shouted tell of the pack and of the council rock in whose name brother had never seen before though of course he had heard of him the book the man they 