-Pi looks around and sees the zebra with a broken leg and wonders why Richard Parker hasn't eaten it yet.

-The reason is because the hyena is sill present.

-Pi thinks that Richard Parker must have fallen off the boat because he can't be friend with the hyena in a small place.

Chapter 41 Continued

"The elements allowed me to go on living. Richard Parker kept out of sight. The sharks prowled but did not lunge. The waves splashed me but did not pull me off"
(Martel 301).