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Ki-Gor balanced the black arrow of the Serpent God in his right hand. He stared long and thoughtfully at this ominous missile which had spread fear and consternation among the natives. His eyes traced and retraced the writhing serpent carved about the arrow's polished, black shaft. The Jungle Lord turned a thoughtful gaze on Wabumaa, the chief. The laughter and happiness were gone out of the fat, good-natured native, for the slim arrow had wrought a fearful change in Wabumaa. The man's color was a sickly yellow, and his plump jowls trembled as he nervously sought to moisten dry lips with his tongue.
-"You mean your two strongest warriors will be sent as a sacrifice to the Serpent God, merely because someone shoots a black arrow into your village," Ki-Gor asked in an incredulous voice, finding it difficult to comprehend the abject submission of the tribesmen to such tyranny.