▁from ▁a ▁high ▁pole , ▁where ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁children ▁hit ▁him ▁with ▁b am bo o ▁stal ks . ▁While ▁h anging , ▁Brad ley ▁witness es ▁the ▁execution ▁of ▁two ▁war ▁crim inals ▁by ▁his ▁capt ive ▁tribe . ▁The ▁tribe ▁is ▁at ▁war ▁with ▁another ▁more ▁primitive ▁tribe ▁of ▁can n ib als , ▁the ▁Kur u . ▁Two ▁can n ib als ▁have ▁their ▁tong ues ▁cut ▁off ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁center . ▁Brad ley ▁react s ▁with ▁dis g ust , ▁label ing ▁the ▁tribe ▁as ▁murder ers . ▁ ▁Still ▁in ▁the ▁net ▁and ▁h anging ▁for ▁hours , ▁Brad ley ▁not ices ▁that ▁he ▁has ▁attract ed ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁Mar ay å , ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁the ▁chief ▁who ▁is ▁immediately ▁fasc in ated ▁by ▁the ▁stranger . ▁She ▁convin ces ▁her ▁father ▁that ▁John ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁fish - man , ▁just ▁a ▁man . ▁Lu han à ▁agre es ▁to ▁release ▁Brad ley ▁as ▁Mar ay å ' s ▁slave . ▁He ▁is ▁forced ▁to ▁stay ▁locked ▁in ▁a ▁sh ack , ▁where ▁Ta ima , ▁Mar ay å ' s ▁gover ness , ▁introdu ces ▁herself . ▁She ▁is ▁a ▁mission ary ▁child ▁and ▁can ▁speak ▁English , ▁and ▁tells ▁Brad ley ▁that ▁soon ▁he ▁will ▁be ▁released , ▁as ▁Mar ay å ▁will ▁be ▁married ▁to ▁Kar en ▁in ▁ten ▁days . ▁Lu han à ▁interrupt s ▁the ▁two ▁and ▁un ties ▁Brad ley ▁because ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁day ▁of ▁the