Chapter XXXIII: Things to Think About

How do you think the mammoth will be divided?

How will the meat that is left after the feast be
carried?

Do you know what kind of a coat the mammoth has?

How long do you think its tusks are?

Can you think how we have learned about this animal
that lived such a long time ago?

_How the Cave-men Divided the Mammoth_

When the women heard what the men had done, they danced and shouted their praises.

Then they all prepared for the feast.

You know how the Cave-men acted at a feast.

They all ate as much as they could.

Then the older men and women began to tell stories.

All gathered around to hear the stories, and then they joined in a hunting dance.

They feasted and danced for several days.

Even then there was plenty of meat.

There were trophies, too, for the bravest men.

All the Cave-men admired the mammoth’s tusks, and they tried to loosen them with their hammers.

The tusks belonged to Strongarm, but others shared in the meat and the bones.

When the feast was over, Firekeeper divided the meat.

The women loaded it upon their backs, or dragged it on the ground.

They carried the tusks with strong straps which hung down from their shoulders.

The women and children carried the burdens while the men protected them on the way.

All the Cave-men divided their work in this way.

They all knew they were safest when the men were ready to fight.

If the men had carried the burdens, all the people might have been killed.

THINGS TO DO

_Show how the women and children danced and shouted the
praises of the Cave-men. Draw a picture of them._

_Name animals that have tusks. What do they use their
tusks for?_

_Show how the long line of Cave-men looked when they
were traveling on their way home. Draw a picture of
them._