THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
Why would the grass-eating animals go from place to place during the summer? What do you think the Cave-men would do when the herds went away?
At what season of the year are nuts fit to gather? Is there any place near by where you have a right to go nutting?
What animals eat nuts? What animals store nuts? Do you think the Cave-men would gather many nuts?
The Nutting Season
Summer passed as summers had passed before. When the bison went to the higher lands, the Cave-men followed them. When they started toward their winter pastures, the Cave-men came home.
“All the women and children went nutting.”
It was the nutting season when they returned. All the beech, walnut, and butternut trees were heavily laden that year. The ground underneath their branches was nearly covered with nuts. Slender hazel bushes bent under their heavy loads.