The story involves a shipwreck on the West

coast of Africa. The passengers on the ship

include a certain Lord and Lady Greystoke from

England. Lord and Lady Oreystoke are the only

survivor of the shipwreck. 【M1】__

Lord Greystoke builds a kind of shelter high

up in the trees —a treehouse —for his pregnant

wife and does best to make themselves 【M2】__

comfortable in their new jungle home. Lady

Greystoke gives birth to a boy. They call the boy

John. Unfortunately, she dies and leaves to 【M3】__

Lord Greystoke to take care of the baby on his

own. Lord Greystoke is killed by an enormous

ape that came to investigate the strange house in 【M4】__

the trees. The baby is left all alone.

Unfortunately, a female ape, whose baby has 【M5】__

recently died, finds the human baby alone in the

treehouse. Even though the baby is white and

hairless, but she feels a mother's love for it and 【M6】__

begins to feed and take care of it. She becomes

John's mother. John—who later takes the name

Tarzan, never have known his real identity — 【M7】__

grows strong and powerful living among the

apes. He has the advantage of human

intelligence and eventually grows to be leader of 【M8】__

the apes and, eventually, lord of jungle. 【M9】__

The book tells many stories of Tarzan's

adventures in the jungle, his fights with savage

animals, his encounters with other human beings

(many of whom are dangerous as the animals) 【M10】__

and his re-discovery of his true identity.

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