ded the skins with their hands, and still others
pounded with hammers of reindeer horn.

They had such a merry time that Fleetfoot could not keep still. He was
soon stamping and singing as well as any one.

When the skins were softened, Antler told Fleetfoot that once her
people chewed the skins. But since they had found an easier way, they
chewed only the edges they wished to sew.

And so Fleetfoot began to learn lessons of the Bison clan. But once he
was the teacher. It was when he showed Flaker what happened the day
Pigeon played with hot stones. Flaker told his mother, and Antler told
Greybeard. And then Greybeard asked Fleetfoot to drop the hot stones
in the water again.

All the Cave-men gathered around to see what Fleetfoot did. When the
steam began to rise from the water, they stepped back. But when they
saw that the child was not afraid, they came forward cautiously.

When the water began to bubble, they were all filled with fear. They
looked upon Fleetfoot in silence. They called him a wonderful child.

#THINGS TO DO#

_Tell a story about dressing skins. Draw pictures which will show
all that is done in dressing the skin._

_Dramatize the part of the story that tells what Fleetfoot taught
the Bison clan. Draw a picture of it._

_Make a song that people might sing in stamping upon the skins._

_Make a song to sing while beating the skins._

XVI

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

What kind of clothes do you wear in winter? What do you think the
Cave-men wore? Can you think how they learned to fit skins to their
bodies? What part of an animal's skin could they use for sleeves?
What part could they use for leggings?

How do you think they learned to make mittens and gloves?

How many ways do you know of fastening garments? Which of these do
we use? Which of these do you think the Cave-men used?

What did they use instead of a needle? What kind of thread did they
have?

[Illustration: "_Greybeard asked Fleetfoot to drop the hot stones in
the water again._"]

_How the Cave-men Protected Themselves from the Cold_

One morning Fleetfoot started out of the cave, but a cold wind drove
him back. Snow had fallen during the night, and the air had grown very
cold. It was not fit for a bare-backed boy to go out on such a day. So
Fleetfoot stayed in the cave all day long.

All the Cave-men stayed in the cave nearly all the day