He had no clothes to wear.
He did not have to go to school.
There were no schools then.
But he learned a great many things.
His mother was his first teacher.
She taught him where to find the ripe berries.
She taught him where to dig for roots.
She taught him how to catch birds and squirrels.
She taught him how to hide from the wild animals.
She taught him to keep so still that he might be taken for a hump on a log.