Had they known that the child had seen thirteen moons before it had come into Kala 's possession they would have considered its case as absolutely hopeless , for the little apes of their own tribe were as far advanced in two or three moons as was this little stranger after twenty-five .
Если бы они знали, что дитя повидало тринадцать лун, прежде чем попало во владение Калы, они сочли бы его случай абсолютно безнадежным, ибо маленькие обезьяны их собственного племени за две-три луны продвинулись вперед так же далеко, как и этот маленький незнакомец за две-три луны. двадцать пять.