# Jungle Tales of Tarzan — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

- [Tarzan's First Love](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/i-tarzan-s-first-love.md): Tarzan, now a young adult, finds himself drawn to Teeka, a she-ape from his tribe. He admires her beauty and feels a new, confusing attraction, contrasting her hairy, powerful form with his own smooth, hairless body. His
- [The Capture of Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/ii-the-capture-of-tarzan.md): Black warriors dig a pit trap on a game trail, which Tarzan observes from the trees. He is later captured by the villagers, but escapes his bonds during the death dance. Tantor the elephant bursts through the palisade, s
- [III: The Fight for the Balu](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/iii-the-fight-for-the-balu.md): Teeka becomes a mother, and Tarzan's attempts to see her newborn balu are met with fierce maternal aggression. After a confrontation with Taug, Tarzan uses his rope to hang the bull from a tree. Meanwhile, Sheeta the pan
- [IV: The God of Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/iv-the-god-of-tarzan.md): Tarzan, having learned to read from his father's books, becomes obsessed with understanding the word 'God'. He questions the apes Mumga and Numgo, but their answers are unsatisfactory. Numgo suggests God might be Goro, t
- [Tarzan and the Black Boy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/v-tarzan-and-the-black-boy.md): Tarzan captures a black boy named Tibo, whom he calls Go-bu-balu, and attempts to raise him among the ape tribe, but the child remains terrified of the jungle and its inhabitants. Meanwhile, Tarzan fashions a new rope an
- [The Witch-Doctor Seeks Vengeance](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/vi-the-witch-doctor-seeks-vengeance.md): Tarzan rescues little Tibo from the clutches of the witch-doctor Bukawai, who had kidnapped him and imprisoned him in a cave with two hyenas. After saving the boy and returning him to his mother Momaya, Tarzan later visi
- [VII: The End of Bukawai](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/vii-the-end-of-bukawai.md): Tarzan, now approaching maturity, often hunts alone and reflects on his solitude. During a violent storm, he is struck by lightning and left unconscious. Meanwhile, Bukawai the witch-doctor, who harbors a grudge against 
- [The Lion](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/viii-the-lion.md): Tarzan devises a plan to teach Numa the lion that killing apes brings punishment. With Taug's help, he distracts Numa to retrieve the body of Mamka, then leads the apes in hurling rocks at the lion to drive him away. Lat
- [IX: The Nightmare](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/ix-the-nightmare.md): Tarzan, starving after a poor hunt, watches the blacks of Mbonga's village feast on elephant meat. He waits until they are stupefied, then kills an old warrior and steals meat. After eating, he falls ill and experiences 
- [X: The Battle for Teeka](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/x-the-battle-for-teeka.md): Tarzan and Taug pursue the stranger bull Toog, who has stolen Teeka and injured Gazan. They track him to his tribe's grove, where a fierce battle ensues. Teeka, recovering from a blow, picks up Tarzan's knife and pouch. 
- [XI: A Jungle Joke](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xi-a-jungle-joke.md): Tarzan, now full-grown, observes the black warriors of Mbonga setting a trap to capture Numa the lion alive for later torture. He decides to free the lion and, after cutting his hair with a sharpened shell, retrieves the
- [XII: Tarzan Rescues the Moon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xii-tarzan-rescues-the-moon.md): Tarzan explores the nocturnal jungle, driven by curiosity and the joy of living. He observes a party of black warriors from Mbonga's village huddled around a fire, terrified of Numa and Sabor. Despite their attempts to w

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