The wonderful story of Tarzan slided here. Read it through. Answer the questions and listen to the music. Watch the film.

1. Walt Disney
Series VI
TARZAN

2. Babu Appat
Walt Disney
Series VI
TARZAN

3. Walt Disney Series
In this series I will tell you some stories
Selected from world classics.
It’s to improve your
 Language skills,
 Listening skills,
 Narrative skills,
 Vocabulary, and
 Comprehensive abilities

5. Please Read On…
Deep in the African Jungle, high in a tree-
house, Kala the ape found an odd looking
baby with no fur.
The baby’s parents had been killed by Sabor
the leopard.

6. The same leopard had recently taken
Kala’s own baby.

7. Kala could see that the baby needed
someone to love and care for him,
and she decided that she would be
that someone. She would be his
mother.

8. Kala took the baby to her
family group, but Kerchak, the
leader of the guerillas, said,
“You have to take it back.

9. It’s not our kind.” “But he
needs me.” said Kala. “Sabor
killed his family.”

10. Kerchak agreed to let Kala
keep the baby. Kala smiled.

11. “I know he’ll be a good son.”
she said. “I said he could
stay,” said Kerchak. “That
doesn’t make him my son.”

12. Kala named the boy Tarzan. He
grew up strong and curious and
loved to mimic all the animals.
He also came up with his own
sound, his special Tarzan yell.

13. One day, Tarzan’s best friend,
Terk, dared him to pull a hair
from an elephant.

14. As Tarzan approached the herd,
a young elephant called Tantor
mistook him for a piranha. He
panicked and scared the other
elephants.

15. The elephants stampeded – right
through the gorillas’ feeding
grounds.

16. The stampeding elephants
almost trampled a baby gorilla
and Kerchak was furious.

17. “What happened?” he said. “It
was my fault,” said Tarzan. “It
was an accident.”

18. “you’ll never learn to be one of
us,” said Kerchak. “Because
you never give him a chance,”
said Kala.

19. “Look at him,” replied Kerchak.
“He will never be one of us.”

20. Tarzan was hurt by what
Kerchak said, but Kala
reassured him. “Inside we’re the
same,” she said. “Kerchak just
can’t see that,”

21. “I’ll make him see it,” said
Tarzan. “I’ll be the best ape
ever.” And Tarzan saw to it that
he was.

22. Over the years he worked hard
to learn skills from all jungle
animals.

23. And one day, when Sabor the
leopard attacked the guerillas, it
was Tarzan who saved Kerchak
and the rest of the family from
the vicious cat.

24. The guerillas had barely
recovered from the shock of
Sabor’s attack, when they heard
the sound of gunshots.

25. They fled into the jungle, but
Tarzan decided to investigate.
He followed the sound and was
amazed by what he found –
creatures who looked like him.

26. Tarzan watched the creatures,
and saw one of them upset a
family of baboons.

27. When the baboons started
chasing her, Tarzan swung
through the trees to her rescue.

28. Tarzan was curious about this
strange creature who seemed so
much like himself. He held his
hand up to hers and studied it
closely.

29. And Jane Porter, who had come
to Africa with her father to find
and study apes, was just as
curious about this strange wild
man as he was about her.

30. Kerchak told Tarzan to stay away
from the humans.

31. “They won’t harm us,” said
Tarzan. But Kerchak insisted.
“Protect your family. Stay away
from them,” he said.

32. Meanwhile, Jane was telling her
father and Clayton the hunter
about Tarzan.

33. Suddenly, Tarzan dropped into
their camp from the treetops
above.

34. Clayton looked at the strange
half-man, half-ape and started to
hatch a plan.

35. Kala realised that it was time to
tell Tarzan about his real parents
and he decided he would go to
England with the humans.

36. But he said to Kala, “No matter
where I go, you will always be
my mother.”

37. On board the ship, Clayton
revealed his evil plan to Tarzan.

38. He was going to capture the
apes and sell them.

39. When Tarzan revealed what was
going to happen to his family, he
let out a cry of despair.

40. Back in the jungle, Tarzan’s
friends, Tantor and Terk heard
his cry and knew he was in
trouble.

41. They swam to the boat and
helped him escape.

42. Tarzan and his friends raced
back to the jungle to help the
gorillas.

43. Clayton aimed his gun at Tarzan
and prepared to shoot, but
Kerchak charged at the hunter
and was hit,

44. Tarzan grabbed Clayton’s gun
and smashed it. As the two men
fought in the treetops, Clayton
stumbled and fell to his death.

45. “Forgive me” Tarzan said to
Kerchak.

46. “No,” said Kerchak, “Forgive me
for not understanding you. Take
care of the family, my son.”

47. Sadly, he said goodbye to Jane.
But as the boat was rowed
away from shore, Jane realised
she couldn’t leave either.

48. She leapt into the water and
rushed to Tarzan.

49. About the Story:
Tarzan ("...the Apeman") is a fictional character,
an archetypal feral child raised in the
African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he
later experiences civilization only to largely
reject it and return to the wild as a heroic
adventurer. Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs,
Tarzan first appeared in the novel Tarzan of the
Apes (magazine publication 1912, book
publication 1914), and then in twenty-five
sequels, three authorized books by other
authors, and innumerable works in other media,
authorized and not.

50. Answer these Questions:
 Who’s the Mother of Tarzan?
 Who’s Kerchak?
 Who’s Tantor and Terk?
 Who’s Jane Prter?

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