When the sun was out of the water and up again in its regular place in the sky, all nature seemed so gay and joyous that the Twins and their father and mother forgot the fears of the night, and began to think about breakfast. They found it in the hollow of a rock far down the gorge.
The giant wave which had so frightened them, had left a fish flapping about in a little pool of water. When she saw it, Limberleg shouted: “The water gods aren’t angry, after all! See, they have sent us a fine fish for our breakfast!”
Hawk-Eye quickly climbed down the steep rocks to the pool, caught the fish with his hands, killed it, and brought it back to Limberleg and the Twins.
While they were eating it, Limberleg seemed to be thinking hard. She wasn’t used to thinking, and she screwed up her face almost as if it hurt her. At last she said: “Listen to me! We now know what no one else in the world knows. We have found out what lies beyond the blue hills. We have gone to the end of the world and have looked over the edge, and have discovered the secret of the sun! We alone know that it hides beneath the waters during the darkness. There is no more for us to learn. Perhaps it would not be safe to know more, even if there were more to know! Let us go home.”
“There is more to be learned about the hunting,” said Hawk-Eye.
“We can find that out on our way back,” said Limberleg.
“If there are going to be any more earthquakes, I’d rather be in the cave anyway,” said Firefly. “Besides, I don’t like the rain pouring over me. It’s as bad as falling in the river.”
Firetop said: “I’d like to get back to tell Squaretoes what I’ve seen. He’s all the time telling about the wonderful things he can do. He’s never seen the tree-people nor had an earthquake in his whole life. I guess I can make his eyes stick out.”
Hawk-Eye said nothing, but he picked up the wet skins, shook them, bound them with thongs, and tied them to the shoulders of the others. Then each took his own weapons and they were ready to start.