t
mind it. She kept thinking of Fleetfoot all the time, and she hoped
the rock shelter would be their new home.

[Illustration: _An Eskimo drawing of reindeer caught in snares._]

When Willow-grouse looked at her dress, she saw it was much the worse
for wear. So she set snares in the reindeer trails and caught two
beautiful reindeer.

[Illustration: "_A piece of sandstone for flattening seams._"]

The soft summer skins of the reindeer had short, fine hair.
Willow-grouse scraped and pounded them and then polished them with
sandstone.

Willow-grouse took great pains in making her new garments. She
flattened the seams with a piece of sandstone until they were nice and
smooth. Then she gathered fossil shells from the rocks and trimmed the
neck and sleeves. And she made a beautiful headband and belt, and
pretty moccasins for her feet.

[Illustration: _A reindeer snare._]

And when the time drew near for Fleetfoot's return, Willow-grouse
dressed in her new garments. She put on the necklace of fossil shells
and thought of Fleetfoot's last words.

Fleetfoot kept his promise. When the new moon came he appeared. Then
Willow-grouse became his wife and he lived with her in their new home.

#THINGS TO DO#

_Look at the picture of a rock shelter on page 14._

_Find some large rocks and put them in your sand-box so as to show
a natural rock shelter. Make a framework for front and side walls,
and see if you can make it into a warm hut. Model the upper
valley._

_Find a piece of sandstone which you can use in polishing skins._

_Dress a doll the way you think Willow-grouse dressed. Dress a doll
the way you think Fleetfoot dressed._

_Find pretty seeds and shells which you can use in trimming belts
and headbands. Before sewing the seeds or shells on the band, lay
them so as to make a pretty pattern. After you have made your
pattern draw it on paper, so that you can look at it while you are
trimming the band._

XXXVI

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

Look at what you have modeled in your sand-box and see if you can
tell in what parts of the valley the snow will be deepest.

When the snow is very deep, what do the wild animals do? What do
the people do?

Can you think how people learned to use poison in hunting?

Does the poisoned weapon poison any part of the animal's flesh? Why
do people try to be careful not to le