CHAPTER VIII 

CAPTIVE 

When Goork and his people saw that I had no token they commenced to taunt me. 

"You do not come from Kolk, but from the Sly One!" they cried. "He has sent you from the island to spy upon us. Go away, or we will set upon you and kill you." 

I explained that all my belongings had been stolen from me, and that the robber must have taken the token too; but they didn't believe me. As proof that I was one of Hooja's people, they pointed to my weapons, which they said were ornamented like those of the is-land clan. Further, they said that no good man went in company with a jalok--and that by this line of reason-ing I certainly was a bad man. 

I saw that they were not naturally a war-like tribe, for they preferred that I leave in peace rather than force them to attack me, whereas the Sarians would have killed a suspicious stranger first and inquired into his purposes later. 

I think Raja sensed their antagonism, for he kept tugging at his leash and growling ominously. They were a bit in awe of him, and kept at a safe distance. It was evident that they could not comprehend why it was that this savage brute did not turn upon me and rend me. 

I wasted a long time there trying to persuade Goork to accept me at my own valuation, but he was too canny. The best he would do was to give us food, which he did, and direct me as to the safest portion of the is-land upon which to attempt a landing, though even as he told me I am sure that he thought my request for information but a blind to deceive him as to my true knowledge of the insular stronghold. 
Did the narrator have a token?
Who taunted him about it?
Who do they think sent the narrator?
To do what?
Who must have taken the token?
Did Goork believe this?
What did Goork and his people take for proof?
They thought he was one of whose people?
Was the narrator in company of something...or somone?
Did that mean he was a good man?
What would the Sarians have done first with a stranger?
Who has a leash on?
Is Raja the jalok?
What was Raja doing that was ominous?
Did he spend a lot of time trying to convince Goork?
Did Goork end up believing him?
Why not?
Can you name one thing Goork did for them?
And another?
Were Goork and his people naturally war-like?
no
no token 
Goork and his people
Goork and his people
the Sly One
the Sly One
spying
spy upon us
robber
robber
no
didn't believe me
weapons
weapons
Hooja's people
Hooja's people
jalok
 jalok
no
no good man
killed
 killed
Raja
Raja
yes
did not turn upon me
he kept tugging at his leash and growling ominously
he kept tugging at his leash and growling ominously
yes
long time
no
I wasted a long time 
he was too canny
he was too canny
food
food
direction
direct 
no
were not naturally a war-like