It lay there perfectly still. He put in his hand and pulled it out. It had been killed by the fire and smoke. He began to eat the warm flesh. He wondered why it was so hot and tender. Bodo did not know then that the flesh had been roasted. This was the first time that he had ever eaten cooked food. Not long afterward all the people learned to roast meat. THINGS TO DO _Draw a picture of Bodo hunting with a firebrand._ _See if you can find trees that have hollows in them._ _How do you think that the hollows were made?_ _Find out whether there are any animals near you that live in hollow trees._ XXVIII. THINGS TO THINK ABOUT Do you think that the people of the fire clan would help one another in time of danger? Can you think why people began to work together instead of hunting alone? _How Bodo Saved One-Ear's Life_ One day One-Ear was hunting gophers on the grassy upland. His torch went out. So he tried to get back to the wooded hills without being seen. At first he crept through the tall grass. But he soon came to a place where the grass did not cover him. He hurried on as fast as he could. He had almost reached the wooded hills when a cave-bear crossed his path. The bear saw him. One-Ear shouted for help, and then ran as he had never run before. [Illustration: "_They saw Bodo rush up to the cave-bear and wave a torch in his face_"] But the cave-bear overtook him. He soon had One-Ear in his embrace. One-Ear remembered nothing more, but the men who heard him saw what happened. They saw the cave-bear grasp him with his huge paws. Then they saw Bodo rush up to the cave-bear and wave a torch in his face. The cave-bear let go his hold. The frightened beast ran off to his cave. The men came up in time to help Bodo raise One-Ear from the ground. They helped him back to the wooded hills. His wounds were soon healed, but he always carried the marks of that cave-bear. That was the day that he lost his ear. We have called him One-Ear before, but the fire clan never called him One-Ear until after that day. THINGS TO DO _Find a stick that will make a good torch and make one._ _Draw a picture of One-Ear and the cave-bear._ XXIX. THINGS TO THINK ABOUT How do you think the fire clan spent the evening? If they could not say what they wished to say, how do you think they would make themselves understood? How do you think that they learned to hunt together? _How People Learned to Hunt Large Animals_