They mourned for the loss of fire. They had lost all hope. They were filled with despair. THINGS TO DO _Tell the story that Sharpeyes told to the Cave-men._ _Draw a picture of Sharpeyes as he was telling the story._ _Think of Sharpeyes as he was chased and treed by a pack of wolves._ _Draw a picture of him when the wolves were keeping him in the tree._ _Model the fire country in one end of your sand box and the home of the fire clan in the other._ _Model the places that Sharpeyes and the old man traveled across in going to the fire country._ _Show the places where you think they found trails._ _Tell how you think the trails were made and what they were used for._ XXIV THINGS TO THINK ABOUT What do we burn in our fires? How do we light the different fires that we have? What do we burn for light? How do we light our lights? Find out how your grandfather and grandmother used to light their fires. Find out what they used for lights and how they took care of them. Do you know how the Eskimo used to get fire? [Illustration: _Making fire with a strap drill_] _Strongarm Makes a Great Discovery_ When the Cave-men had heard Sharpeyes’ story, they went back to their caves. The fire clan was left alone again. Strongarm spoke of going to the fire country himself, but it did not seem best to leave the people just then. Some of the men had already left the cave, and gone to live as the Tree-dwellers lived. Strongarm was trying to keep the rest of them together. He feared that he would not be able to do it unless he could get fire. For several days after that, the Cave-men thought that Strongarm seemed queer. Wherever he went he carried the drill that he used in boring holes. Sometimes he carried a bundle of sticks under his arm. Sometimes he worked with all these things in a corner of the cave. None of the Cave-men knew what he was doing, but they heard him mumbling to himself. Once they saw him start up quickly and go away from the cave. Nobody knew where he went, and nobody knew what he did. Strongarm was very sad. His heart was sore for his people, for they were in great distress. He believed that the fire god dwelt in the wood, and he was trying to persuade him to come out. He had noticed that the drill became warm by twirling, when he used it for boring holes. So now he made a drill of hard wood and twirled it on a piece of softer wood. As he twirled the stick he prayed to the fire god. He asked him to come and help the Cave-men. When he went away from the cave that day, he went to find tinder. When he came back that night, he was very happy; for he had a burning torch in his hand. [Illustration: _A drill of hard wood_] [Illustration: _A piece of soft wood used as the hearth of a fire drill_] THINGS TO DO _Show how Strongarm acted when he was twirling sticks. Draw the picture._