These evergreen trees had needle-like leaves.
They gave some protection from the rain and the snow.
But sometimes a drizzling rain kept up for many days.
Sometimes the cold winds blew.
Then the fire clan shivered with the wet and the cold.
Mothers were anxious about their children.
They wanted to keep them safe from harm.
So they tried to keep off the cold wind and the rain.
They had not yet learned many ways of working, but they long had known how to weave cradles of vines.
So the women now tried to weave a shelter.