Extract from Tarzan’s Diary

Extract from Tarzan’s Diary

Day #1

    Dear Diary, today happened something really creepy to me. Walking and climbing down the jungle, I saw it. An ugly animal that I haven't neither seen nor smelled before. There it was, yellow as bird droppings. It was a four-legged animal, although it walked in two paws. It was super obsessed with cleaning and order. I do not understand why it was so haunted, if being with fog helps to be fresh in the jungle. I did not want to admit it, but despite its behavior, its physical traces seem very similar to mine. I must keep watching it.

Day #2

    Hi diary, I am not sure yet what the scrawny creature is; however, I  could walk closer to it today. I do not know what to think about it; it seems to be a badly trained animal because is always making weird sounds. By the way, I have to tell you something that really impacted me while I was trying to smell it. It is not a confirmed fact yet, but it seems that there is no protuberance hanging from its belly. I know, it could involved serious medical problems because you cannot pee without the forenamed. I hope it will doing fine with the mutilation. Pd.: I will not smell under its yellow rag again because the aggressive creature hit me when I did it today. I was just worried about its welfare.

Day#3

    Diary, Today I watched it moving, and I saw its paws. They are similar to my paws. I tried to taught it to climb trees and hang from liana, but it did not do it very well. When I was observing it, I think it tried to talk to me because it produced some strange noise with its throat. I tried to talk to it, but it did not understand me. I think it has some cognitive problems because we, animals, understand each other since we are born. This creature is of course very stupid. How could I not see this since the beginning? Incidentally, today I decided to call it “Jane”, because it seems to be a Jane. I hope that other Janes do not come here at the same time because I am not sure if could protect them all since this specie is so unwise. I must protect this Jane because being this clumsy and silly it would not last long in the jungle.

Note: Translated by Tarzan on 2014.

Written by Carolina Villalobos and Fernanda Vargas