Chapter Two

I try my best to mimic Tarzan's hands and actions as he makes our nest. You would think the gathering of leaves to make into a soft pallet would be quite simple. Its not.

"Tarzan its pointless. I still don't understand," I tell him.

He moves over and crouches behind me and and pulls me into his chest and his hands gather mine. "Jane, grab on to that piece there."

I do what he says and grab it. He brings our hands and repeat his actions using the both of them. I'm basically a myrinet and he's the puppet master.

I smile up at him when we're finished. "I did it," I say proudly.

He smiles back and nods his head. "Yes you did."

I am so proud of myself. Maybe I am fit enough to live in the jungle. I look around smiling and frown when I notice that everybody elses nests looks more smoother and better put together.

"My dear Tarzan, our nest looks so poorly put together," I tell him sadly.

He shrugs and looks at me. "Our nest is perfect because we made it together."

I laugh nervously and blush. "Yes, well, I suppose it takes some practice and some getting used to."

I look over and hear a Gorilla behind me and look back over at Tarzan and listen as he responds back. I frown as they go back and forth. They make a series of noises that I can't separate.

I watch as the Gorilla gestures to me and then back to Tarzan.

Tarzan looks down at me lovingly and continues to make grunts and sounds replying back to the Gorilla.

Eventually the Gorilla leaves and I look up at Tarzan and smile when he brings his hand up and tucks a piece of my hair behind my ear.

"Tarzan? Would you teach me how to speak Gorilla?" I ask him.

He looks down excitedly at me and turns me so we are face to face. "I will but I want you to say what you told me earlier."

I blush at the memory and shuffle forward a little. "Who,Who,Haa,Hee, Who." I laugh.

He laughs and leans forward. "Whoooo."

"Who," I try again.

He grabs my face carefully, "Whoooo..."

I chuckle and take a deep breath, "Whoooo…"

He nods his head and laughs. "Ok, try it again."

"Who,Who,Haa,Hee,Whoooo…" I tell him.

I'm delighted when he brings my face to his and kisses me tenderly. I melt into him.

I'm startled when suddenly I'm kissing air. I look over and see Tarzan laughing and wrestling with Terk on the ground.

They wrestle and talk and I sit there laughing at how fun it looks. I try my best not to feel left out and try smoothing out the leaves of our nest.

I feel Tarzans hand at my shoulder and turn to look at him. "Does Jane want to collect food with Tarzan?"

My tummy rumbles in response. "Yes, I'm absolutely famished." I tell him truthfully.

I take his hand and let him lead me to a piece dry land with dry mud and sand piled high with a series of holes. I watch as he takes a small stick and place it in one of the holes. After a minute or so the whole stick is covered in what I assume to be ants. He then licks them off.

He just ate a bug! Not just one, but about a dozen of them! He places the stick my the hole and gestures for me to lick them off. I crinkle my nose and close my eyes.

I dont want to insult him by refusing. I tentatively stick my tongue out and run it along the stick. I close my mouth shut and chew quickly ignoring the weird sensation of the moving around in my mouth and the fact I just ate several bugs.

I swallow quickly waiting for the nausea. It doesnt come. I open my eyes slowly and look at Tarzans waiting expression.

"They're not terribly bad," I confess to him.

He grunts, seeming please and holds out the stick for me again. He does this about fours times before I bring my hand to my mouth at I chew. "No, its quite alright Tarzan dear. I'm not hungry anymore."

I watch him eat in silence. "Tarzan?" I say softly.

He stops and shuffles over looking at me concerned. "Yes Jane?"

"What am I to do here? I don't understand anybody and I have no idea to live off the land." I confess.

He gives me a reassuring smile, "It will take some time Jane. Just like it took time for me to learn your ways and language."

I look at him and smile. I lean over and give him a hug. He returns my hug and holds me close and kisses the top of my head every so often. We stay like that tangled in our embrace for about a few hours. Not saying anything.

I grow tired and yawn.

"You want to go to sleep?" He asks me.

I look up at him and nod my head.

He picks me and and I wrap my arms around his neck and he carries us back to the nesting area. He carefully puts me down on our nest and i'm surprised at how soft it is.

He lies down and turns me around so that I'm facing him. We just stare into each others eyes until my eyelids grow heavy and I fall asleep.