“So I hurried here to tell you, that we, too, might prepare for war.”
Just then Lodrix, running into the house, shouted, “O father! Come quickly!”
Out rushed the chief, followed by his people.
What they saw made them tremble with fear.
On the shore of the lake stood hundreds of people waving their stone axes and shouting in great anger.
The chief had pulled up the drawbridge just in time.
When the Bear people found they could not reach the Lake-Dwellers, they went away.
The chief of the Dormorants told his people that they must keep close watch, for their enemies would surely come back.
After choosing men to guard the village, the people went back to their homes, while the chief and his son went into the house.
