They were afraid of beasts of prey.
Only when they were up in a tree did they feel that they were safe.
But now the trees were on fire.
They thought that the fire was a wild animal.
They thought that it was an animal that ate wood.
They had seen the rhinoceros and the mammoth eat parts of trees, but this creature devoured all the trees in its path.
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Several years passed by.
Once again a fire broke out on the wooded hills.
Once again the wild animals ran.