When they pulled the gourd off from the vine, they had to make a strap for the gourd.
Sometimes the gourd broke and spilled the water, so they wove a coarse netting of wild vines and covered it with that.
All the children had seen gourd water vessels and had used them many times.
Brighteyes had learned to make the netting, so Firekeeper did not stop to show how it was made.
All were anxious to hear about the skin bag, so Firekeeper went on with her story.
She told them that she had been thinking of the dry rocky country for several days.
She knew that the men must pass through it, and she feared they would die of thirst.
She was afraid to trust the gourd water vessel at such a time as this.
She wished the gourd were as strong as skin.