When the children went to the trap, they clapped their hands and shouted. Then they took the marmot out of the trap and carried it to the cave. And they made a great noise when Bighorn said, "You will soon be very good trappers." Then the children wanted to catch another marmot, so Antler went with them and showed them how the trap worked. The marmot coming out of his hole smelled the bait on the string. So it ran along and nibbled the bait until its sharp teeth cut the cord. Then the sapling sprang up and jerked the snare upward. And the weight of the marmot, pulling downward, drew the slipknot tight. #THINGS TO DO# _Tie a slipknot at one end of a string, and show how to set it for snaring birds. Show how to set it for snaring rabbits. Find a hollow stick or a bone to protect the snare from the rabbit's teeth. Show how the marmot trap was set._ _Tell how you catch mice. Tell how you catch flies._ _What animals do you know that sleep during the winter? How can they live so long without eating?_ _Draw one of these pictures:_-- _Snowflake finds a reindeer caught in the vines._ _Antler teaches the children to set traps._ _Model a marmot in clay._ _Name all the animals you know that burrow in the ground. Watch one of them and find out what it does._ XXI THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Why would the Cave-men be apt to lose many spears and javelins? How could they keep from losing the shafts? Can you think of how they might find a way of saving their spearheads? Find a picture of a barbed spearhead. Why did people begin to make barbs? _How Spears were Changed into Harpoons_ None of the clans could make better weapons than the men of the Bison clan. Since boyhood, Greybeard had been known for his delicate spear points and knives. No workshop in all the valley was better known than his. But even Greybeard's weapons sometimes were known to fail. Even his spear points sometimes were lost in the chase. For several days the men were at home making new weapons. They never made spears and javelins with sharper and finer points. They never made straighter and smoother shafts. When they started out to hunt, they were proud of their new weapons. All the Cave-men expected that before the day passed, they would have new trophies and fresh meat. The women, trapping birds on the hillsides, listened from time to time. They expected to hear Bighorn's whistle when the animals were ready to be skinned. But the day passed, and no signal came. At sunset the men returned, but they were gloomy and silent. They brought no trophies, and they spoke not a word of the chase.