she was a w-o-m-a-n , they were a-p-e-s , and the little apes which scurried through the forest top were m-o-n-k-e-y-s. she knew , too , that old sabora was a l-i-o-n-e-s-s , and histah a s-n-a-k-e , and tantor an e-l-e-p-h-a-n-t. and so she learned to read .