It seems to us now that no one could possibly have had any happiness in a world so full of dangers, but you see Grannie and all the rest of the clan did not know that life could be any different. Just because there were so many dangers, they grew brave to meet them, and a brave man among dangers is far happier than a coward in a safe place. So perhaps they had just as good a time living as we do, after all.
By the time the children had gathered a heap of wood large enough to cook the biggest kind of a feast, it was afternoon. There was nothing in the cave to eat, and they grew hungrier and hungrier, but there were no signs of any hunters. Shadows began to gather in the woods. Now and then there was a cry of some night bird, or of a distant wolf. These were lonely sounds. Firefly began to be discouraged.
“Suppose they shouldn’t bring home any meat after all,” she said.
“Then we’ll just have to go hungry,” said Grannie.
Firetop laid his hand on his stomach and groaned.
“Men never complain of such things,” said Grannie.
Firetop took his hand off his stomach at once and made believe he had just coughed a little. You see the cave people taught their children to bear hunger and pain without making any fuss about it.
“I tell you what we could do,” said Grannie. “If we had some water, we could have a place to boil the meat all ready when the hunters come
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