The wild animals were not yet afraid of men, and so they did not try to get away.
By using their spears and stone axes, the Cave-men got plenty of meat to eat.
But they got so hungry for something green, that they ate the green moss that they found in the stomach of the reindeer.
Sometimes they ate the inner bark of trees.
Sometimes they found nuts in squirrels’ nests, but most of the food that they ate was meat.
In the coldest weather they did not have even meat, for it was not safe to hunt in the biting cold.
They stayed in the cave for days at a time without a taste of food.
Sometimes they were so hungry that they chewed hard skins, and they even sucked dry bones.
But they managed in some way to live through these cold days, until the weather became warmer again.