The Tarzan twins

By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
Illustrated by DOUGLAS GRANT
PUBLISHED BY THE P. F. VOLLAND COMPANY Joliet, Illinois NEW YORK BOSTON
Copyright 1927 The P. F. Volland Company Joliet, U. S. A.
(All rights reserved)
Copyright, Great Britain, 1927
Printed in U. S. A.
Seventh Edition
To Joan, Hulbert and Jack, who were brought up on Tarzan stories, this volume is affectionately dedicated by their father.
The Tarzan Twins, like all well-behaved twins, were born on the same day and, although they were not as alike as two peas, still they resembled one another quite closely enough to fulfil that particular requirement of twinship; but even there they commenced breaking the rules that have been governing twins during the past several millions of years, for Dick had a shock of the blackest sort of black hair, while Doc's hair was the sunny hue of molasses candy. Their noses were alike, their blue eyes were alike; alike were their chins and their mouths. Perhaps Doc's eyes twinkled more and his mouth smiled more than Dick's for Dick did much of his twinkling and smiling inside and inside the boys were very much alike, indeed.
But in one respect they shattered every rule that has been laid down for twins from the very beginning of time, for Dick had been born in England and Doc in America; a fact which upsets everything right at the beginning of the story and proves, without any shadow of a doubt, that they were not twins at all.
Why then did they look so much alike and why did everyone call them the Tarzan Twins? One could almost start a guessing contest with a conundrum like this, but the trouble is that no one would guess the correct solution, though the answer is quite simple. Dick's mother and Doc's mother were sisters—twin sisters—and they looked so much alike that they looked more alike than two peas, and as each boy resembled his mother—the result was—they resembled each other.