as a child, tarzan makes friends with several animals and other gorillas in the family. they include the female ape terk and the male elephant tantor. tarzan has trouble keeping up. one day, terk and her friends dare tarzan to get a hair from an elephant's tail. the dare goes wrong when the elephants stampede into the gorilla territory and almost kill a baby gorilla. however, tarzan is able to get the hair. after kerchak tells kala that tarzan will never be one of the family, tarzan runs off into the jungle. kala consoles him. he keeps trying. he learns how to do things from the animals of the jungle. he becomes a muscular apelike man. one day, sabor attacks the gorillas and tarzan kills her. this makes kerchak respect him.