Do you know whether we can tell what the weather is going to be?
Have you ever heard any one talking about the signs of the weather? What signs do you know?
Notice animals and see how they act before a storm.
Notice what animals and birds are here in summer that are not here in winter. Are any here in winter that are not here in the summer?
Why did the bison go away from the Cave-men’s hunting grounds each winter? When they went away would they go in large or small herds?
If the weather kept pleasant how do you think they would travel? What would they do if it looked like a storm?
Notice the animals that live near you and see whether they turn their heads or backs toward the storm.
Overtaken by a Storm
Winter passed and summer came and now it was almost gone. The cattle had gone to the forests in the lowlands where they spent the winter. Straggling lines of bison were moving down the valley. Now and then they stopped a few days to eat the tall grass. Then they slowly moved onward toward the lower lands.
The days were like the Indian summer days which we sometimes have in late autumn. Everybody enjoyed each day as it came, and thought little about the coming cold. But one morning the sky was gray and gloomy, and the sun could not pierce through the heavy clouds. The air was cold and now and then a snowflake was falling.