May 8, 2025 and sixty-one years ago on this day in 1964, Practical English Magazine published the article, “Meanwhile, Back in the Treetops,” by Margaret Ronan, possibly the most inaccurate and error-filed article written about Tarzan. One example is in the drabble below. Tarzan didn't teach himself to speak English. He taught himself to read English and his friend, D'Arnot taught Tarzan to speak French.
The entire article has been faithfully reproduced for your reading pleasure at: https://www.erbzine.com/mag14/1433.html
The 100-word drabble for today, all drabbles are exactly 100 words by definition, is “Faster Than A Speeding Bullet,” and it is excerpted from the article by Margaret Ronan.
What's that whooshing through the trees overhead? Is it a bird? Is it a monkey? Is it Superman? No, it's Lord Greystroke, better known to most people as Tarzan of the Apes.
There’ve been Tarzan sweaters, Tarzan bubble-gum cards, Tarzan ice cream, and Tarzan bread.
Tarzan is undeniably a "superman" character, but some of the feats Burroughs had him accomplish were super-superhuman. For example, Tarzan finds some discarded books at an abandoned camp site. He can speak only the language of apes up to this point, yet he uses the books to teach himself to read and speak perfect English!
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