# Jungle Tales of Tarzan — Chapters explained

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

- [Tarzan's First Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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

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- [The Witch-Doctor Seeks Vengeance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/vi-the-witch-doctor-seeks-vengeance.md)
- [VII: The End of Bukawai](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/vii-the-end-of-bukawai.md)
- [The Lion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/viii-the-lion.md)
- [IX: The Nightmare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/ix-the-nightmare.md)
- [X: The Battle for Teeka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/x-the-battle-for-teeka.md)
- [XI: A Jungle Joke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xi-a-jungle-joke.md)
- [XII: Tarzan Rescues the Moon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jungle_tales_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xii-tarzan-rescues-the-moon.md)

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