n knew nothing about
such a way.

The days seemed long to Flaker while he was getting well. Everybody
was kind to him, but it seemed hard to keep quiet when everybody else
was moving about.

When Fleetfoot went out to hunt, Flaker wanted to go too. But he could
not go, and so Fleetfoot used to tell him everything that happened.

#THINGS TO DO#

_Show how the women helped Antler put Flaker upon the skin. Show
how they carried him home. Draw one of the pictures._

_Find out why a child's bones will grow together more easily than
an old person's bones. See if you can find out what bones are made
of. Soak a bone in acid and see what happens to it. Burn a bone and
see what happens to it. Why do a child's bones break less easily
than an old person's?_

_If there is a spring in your neighborhood, go and see it. Find out
where the water comes from._

XXVII

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

If Flaker is lame, how will he be able to get food? What do you
think he can do that will be useful to the clan?

Do you think the Cave-men took as good care of the sick, and the
lame, and the old people, as we do? What could they do for them?

Why did the men use weapons more than tools? Why did the women use
tools more than weapons?

Think of as many tools as you can that the women used.

_How Flaker Learned to Make Weapons of Bone_

Before Flaker was hurt he and Fleetfoot had planned to do many things.
But now Flaker was lame, and all the Cave-men knew he would never be
able to hunt.

When Flaker first knew it, he was very sad. And so Fleetfoot tried to
comfort him. Each day he brought him a bird or a rabbit, and he told
him all that had happened.

For a while Flaker thought that if a man could not hunt, there was
nothing else for him to do. But soon he found there were many things
to do besides going out to hunt.

Flaker began by doing a few little things to help Fleetfoot. He helped
him flake heads for harpoons and javelins and make strong shafts.

When Greybeard and Fleetfoot praised his work, Flaker was very happy.
And so Flaker busied himself in the workshop when the men went out to
hunt. Sometimes Chipper helped him, and often Greybeard worked with
him.

When Flaker was tired he would look at the trophies which were
fastened on the wall near the cave. He was always glad to see the
locked antlers of the two stags.

As he looked