| The bottom of the basket |
“She bent the rushes and tied the ends together” |
Sharptooth gathered some rushes from a marshy place and tried still another way.
She sat down upon the grass and began to weave.
The bottom of the basket was soon made.
Then she bent the rushes and tied the ends together.
After that she wove round and round.
When the basket was deep enough she fastened the ends.
Then the basket was done.
It did not have a rim.
Sharptooth did not miss the rim, for this was her first basket.