So the Cave-men went to the tent and slept while Greybeard kept watch. Not a sound escaped his ear that night. Not a leaf rustled that he did not hear. Not a twig broke, as wild animals passed, but that he found out what it meant. As Greybeard watched in the moonlight he heard many a familiar sound. Now he heard the roar of a tiger, and again the "hoo-hoo" of an owl; now the howling of hyenas, and again an eagle's scream. Among all these sounds Greybeard heard nothing that seemed to come from the lost child's clan. But when the moon was set he roused the people, and under cover of the darkness they hurried toward home. They let Fleetfoot sleep, for fear he might answer if he were called. And so the child slept while he was hurried away through the darkness. At daybreak, when he awoke, he found himself in a new home. #THINGS TO DO# _See if there is a tree in your neighborhood that could be made into such a tent as the Cave-men made._ _Find a thick branch and make such a tent in your sand-box._ _Draw one of these pictures:--_ _The council of the clan before going to sleep._ _Greybeard watching in the moonlight._ _Hurrying home under cover of the darkness._ _Fleetfoot awakes and finds himself in his new home._ _Act out part of this story and let some one guess what it is._ _Write as many calls of the birds as you know. Model one of the birds in clay. If you know its nest, model that._ XV THINGS TO THINK ABOUT How do you think Fleetfoot felt the first few days he was with the strange clan? What do you think he will learn of them? What do you think he can teach them? _Fleetfoot is Adopted by the Bison Clan_ For a few days Fleetfoot missed his mother and Chew-chew more than he could tell. He missed little Pigeon, too. He missed the people he had always seen. But he said very little about them. It was Greybeard who told him that he was now living with the Bison clan. Not all of the people belonged to that clan, but there were more of that clan than of any other. And so they were known as the Bison clan. At first Fleetfoot was afraid of the men and large boys. Most of all he was afraid of Bighorn, for it was Bighorn who captured him. But before one moon had passed, he was adopted by the Bison clan. And soon after that, he began to feel at home. Greybeard told him stories, and gave him little spears. Antler was kind to him, and the children were always ready to play. [Illustration: _A skin stretched on a frame._] Fleetfoot liked to play with the children. He liked to play with Flaker best of all. Flaker was Antler's child, and he was about the size of Fleetfoot. [Illustration: _A scraper._]