He never opened this bag, for he knew that if he lost the bit of bear’s fur from inside, no one would know what his real name was.
The children of the cliff-dwellers took their names from their mothers.
These names were very queer, because they were the names of animals or the sun or the moon.
The little piece of fur showed that Mavo and Teni belonged to the bear family.
Teni knew that Mavo was very thirsty, so he took the bag from his neck and opened it.
He held the fur tight in his hand, for he had no pocket in his loose skin tunic.
Mavo drank the clear water, and Teni sat down beside her and put the fur carefully back in the bag.
Being very warm, he threw off his skin tunic for a few minutes and rolled about in the sand.