Firekeeper carrying wood with a strap
Firekeeper stayed beside the fire and kept watch all alone.
She was the oldest woman of the clan, and people said that she was the daughter of the fire.
She always kept it burning.
As she tended the fire through the long night she heard all sorts of sounds.
Once a big cave-bear passed close to the cave, but he sniffed and ran when he saw the fire.
Then a pack of hyenas crept up toward the cave.
They seemed to be looking for a safe place to rest.