The other followed him,
and here they fought, occasionally abandoning their duel to pursue
and recapture the girl who took every advantage of her captors'
preoccupation in battle to break away in attempted escape; but always
they overtook her, and first one and then the other possessed her
as they struggled to tear one another to pieces for the prize.
Often the girl came in for many blows that were intended for
a hairy foe, and once she was felled, lying unconscious while the
apes, relieved of the distraction of detaining her by force, tore
into one another in fierce and terrible combat.
Above them screamed the little monkeys, racing hither and thither
in a frenzy of hysterical excitement. Back and forth over the
battle field flew countless birds of gorgeous plumage, squawking
their hoarse cries of rage and defiance. In the distance a lion
roared.
The larger bull was slowly tearing his antagonist to pieces. They
rolled upon the ground biting and striking. Again, erect upon their
hind legs they pulled and tugged like human wrestlers; but always
the giant fangs found their bloody part to play until both combatants
and the ground about them were red with gore.
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