June 18, 2025 and eighty years ago on this day in 1945, Actress Laurie Sibbald, who played the blind “Nara” in the pilot episode of the Ron Ely Tarzan television series, “Eye of the Lion,” was born in Los Angeles. She only had eight television credits, “Tarzan,” “The Girl From Uncle,” “No Time For Sergeants,” “F Troop,” “Please Don’t Eat the Daisies,” “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,” and “Dennis the Menace.” Her only film was “Under the Yum Yum Tree.”
Details about the first episode of Tarzan starring Ron Ely: https://www.erbzine.com/mag74/7421.html
Not sure what Nara’s history was, the episode never really made it clear. Her parents were killed when their riverboat exploded and she was raised by natives who were killed in a tribal The same explosion that killed her parents blinded her. Her adoptive father trained a Seeing Eye Lion. She feels she can live alone but Tarzan convinces her she has to trust someone and be with people.
The 100-word fictional drabble for today, Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?, was inspired by her role as Nara, the woman with a Seeing-Eye-Lion. A little credit to my high school Latin teacher, Leon Cherrington. The title translates to “Who will guard those selfsame guardians?”
Tarzan realized the woman was blind and being led by a large lion. He said, “My name’s Tarzan. It’s dangerous in the jungle, especially a woman who can’t see.”
“I’m Nara. I see with my ears and my nose. I’m not alone. I have my lion.”
“The jungle is filled with dangerous men and animals.”
“I’ve got a lion.”
“You’d be safer in civilization.”
“Will I keep my lion in a city?”
“No, but there'll men whose job it is to protect you and keep you safe."
“And who’s to protect me from those protectors? I’ll stay with my lion.”
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