She stuck several large branches into the ground and wove smaller ones among them.
When the door was finished, the women pulled up the large branches and carried the wicker-work door to the cave.
They set it between the stones so as to close the mouth.
After that they shut the children in the cave when they went out to hunt.
But the cave-bear still prowled around.
When the women came home from the woods one day, the cave-bear was at the door.
They rushed upon him with their knives and spears.
They were torn and bruised by the cave-bear, but he never troubled them any more.
THINGS TO DO
If you have a playhouse, try to make a wicker-work door for it.