That made ye lords of earth.
By the ages in between times ye know and pleistocene
Have pity on our childish ways and pride in all our worth.
CONTENTS
| Pages | |
|---|---|
| The Fire Beast | [15] |
| The Ornament of Big Nose | [27] |
| When Run Fast Went Hunting for a Wife | [41] |
| Little Laughing Boy | [53] |
| Hunting an Echo | [69] |
| The Flood | [81] |
| Big Foot’s New Weapon | [95] |
| The First Planting | [109] |
| The First Pot | [123] |
| The Arrow Throwers | [137] |
| The First Priest | [151] |
| Questions for Teachers | [162] |
I
THE FIRE BEAST
No one among the Cave People knew how to kindle a fire. On several occasions when they found the trees in the forest aflame, Strong Arm had borne back to the Hollow a burning branch. Immediately all the other Cave People were seized with a desire to have torches and they swarmed around the skirts of the blaze and secured boughs also. And on they sped toward home and the Hollow amid roars of laughter and much pride, till the sparks from one of the branches blew into the frowsy hair of the Stumbler and set him aflame.
Instantly all the Cave People dropped their boughs in terror and the Stumbler beat his head with his hand, uttering shrill cries of pain.