Then Sharpeyes picked up the other end of the strap, and Strongarm jerked the end that he held.
A strap drill weighted with stones
They did this a few minutes just in play, but at last they began to do it in earnest.
Strongarm placed the end of the spindle in the shallow hole that he had made in the sabre tooth.
Then he and Sharpeyes began to twirl the spindle with the strap.
But there was nothing to keep the spindle from falling.
So they tried to hold it with a piece of wood.
They made a shallow hole in the wood to fit the top of the spindle.
Then while Strongarm and Sharpeyes pulled the strap, a boy held the spindle in place.