Archaeology -- Juvenile literature; Cave dwellers -- Juvenile literature
_Tell a story of what you think happened at the cave after the boys
killed the reindeer._
XXV
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
If you have ever seen a cat hunt, tell how she does it. Can you
think why cats do not hunt together?
Do dogs hunt alone, or with one another? How do wolves hunt?
In what ways can animals help one another in hunting? What animals
do wolves hunt to-day? What animals did the wolves hunt in the time
of the Cave-men?
_What Happened when Fleetfoot and Flaker Hunted the Bison_
When summer came, Fleetfoot and Flaker watched the bison from day to
day. The wolves, too, watched the bison. One day the boys saw two
wolves hunt a bison that had strayed from the herd.
The wolves walked boldly up toward the bison until they were only a
few paces away. Then they went cautiously.
The bison paid no attention at first; but when the wolves came closer,
he stamped his foot and shook his horns. Any animal could know that
the bison meant, "It is dangerous here. Keep away!"
But the wolves had a plan and they carried it out. The smaller wolf
kept the bison's attention by making believe attack from the front.
This gave the big wolf a chance; and he cut the large muscles of the
bison's knees with his sharp teeth. The bison was thus crippled so
badly that the wolves were more than a match for him.
"I wonder if we could get a bison," said Flaker as the boys watched
the wolves at their feast.
"Let's try," said Fleetfoot.
"But how can we get close up," said Flaker, "without frightening the
bison away?"
"Let's dress in wolf-skins," said Fleetfoot, "and make believe we are
wolves."
And the boys dressed in wolf-skins and took their best hunting knives.
They watched the herd until they saw a large bison stray away. Then
the boys approached the bison, and they looked so much like wolves
that they got very close before the bison threatened with his horns.
Then the boys made the attack. Flaker took the part of the little wolf
and attacked the bison's head. Fleetfoot took the part of the big wolf
and tried to cripple the bison.
But the boys had not counted upon the bison's tough skin. They had not
counted upon his muscles, which were as hard as boards. Flaker's
dagger glanced off at one side and merely scratched the bison. But it
made the creature so angry that he charged upon Flaker.
Meanwhile Fleetfoot was doing his best to cut the hard muscles of the
bison's knee. He forgot about everything else until he had lamed one
of the forelegs. It was then that the bison charged and that Flaker
called for help. And then Fleetfoot tried to rescue Flaker by drawing
the bison's attention away.
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