XVI _The Story of Tig_: What Arsan said about the Old Pond 103 XVII _The Story of Tig_: How they made the Pond anew 108 XVIII _Dick & his Friends_: A Talk about Dew-Ponds 114 XIX _The Story of Tig_: How Gofa made Pottery 122 XX _The Story of Tig_: How Tig went hunting the Deer 129 XXI _The Story of Tig_: How Tig became a Man 137 XXII _Dick & his Friends_: Dick’s Pottery and how he made it 140 XXIII _The Story of Tig_: How Tig made Friends with the Lake People 146 XXIV _The Story of Tig_: How Tig saw the Lake People’s Village 153 XXV _Dick & his Friends_: A Talk about ancient Lake Dwellings 162 XXVI _The Story of Tig_: How the Old Chief died and was buried 168 XXVII _The Story of Tig_: How Tig chose a Wife from the Lake People 174 XXVIII _Dick & his Friends_: The Boys’ Bows and Arrows 180 XXIX _The Story of Tig_: How the Lake People brought Tidings of War 185 XXX _The Story of Tig_: How they fought the Battle in the Wood 192 XXXI _Dick & his Friends_: How they dug out the Barrow 201 [Illustration] _List of Illustrations_ Tig Shoots a Stag _Cover_ The Lone Wolf _Frontispiece_ Dressing a Skin page _page_ 18 The Stags 34 Gofa Alarmed 42 Going to the Fields 48 The Wild Boar 52 The Wolf at the Beaver’s Hut 60 The Spear-maker 80 The Bear 88 Making Pottery 124 The Wild Ducks 130 Making a Canoe 154 Weaving at the Loom 160 The Beacon 190 The Warrior Chief 196 DAYS BEFORE HISTORY _Chapter the First_ _How Dick and his Friends heard a Story_ I KNOW a boy called Dick. He is nine, and he lives near London. Last spring Dick’s father and mother moved house. All their furniture and things were taken in the vans, and Dick and his father and mother went in a cab.