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A cannibal tree t h a t
catches and eat« animal«,
bird«, and sometime« peo
ple, If they’re not careful!
Now what do you think of
that, youngsters? My yarn
today has to do with an ad
venture 1 bud on th ’ island
of Borneo with one of those
meut-eatin* trees.
I wanted to see what the
critters looked like. So,
with Eangy, I pulled ashore
from th' schooner and we
started into th* jungle. Hut
not a sign did we see of one.
I was ju st about to head
back for th ’ schooner when
a native hove in sight. In
my best pldgin-English J
told him what we were
lookin’ for. Wow! That
gent was so scared he went
right up Into th ’ air. He
swore by ten thousand gods
that he wouldn’t lead us to
th ’ debil-debil tree, as he
culled it. Hut a smull hand-
mirror I had with me did
th ’ trick. For such n pres
ent he promised to «how us
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th* Jungle cannibal.
At last, deep in th ’ ju n
gle, he pointed to a thick-
trunked tree with big thick
leaves and chattered with
rollin’ eyes: "Him debil-
debil tree!”
I didn’t believe th ’ yarns
I had heard ’bout these can
nibal trees so, with th ’ suv-
age chatterin’, and tryin’ to
hold me back, I walked
right up under th ’ thing, as
bold as brass. So help me
Tom Bowlin, it those big
leuves didn’t begin to shiver
and whisper, th ’ limbs com
menced to wiggle and cluw
around, and before I could
get away th ’ thing had me!
We!l, s’r, that native
pulled a big knife from his
sash, jumped for th ’ tree
and whacked right and left
at th ’ coilin’ limbs that held
me. In a minute or two I
was free. I was so thankful
I promsied th ’ grinnln’ sav
age I’d give him th ’ biggest
m irror on th' schooner. And
1 kept my word, too.
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