Illustration: "_Sharptooth hid in the tall green grass_"]

She saw mammoths eating the tender grass.
There were smaller animals not far away.
A lion was creeping up through the grass.
Sharptooth saw him pounce upon the beasts.
The frightened creatures ran for their lives.
Sharptooth wished that she had not ventured so far.
She watched for a chance to get away.
As soon as she dared she crept to the trees.
Then she hurried back to the wooded hills.
She never forgot what she saw that day.

[Illustration: _A lion_]

THINGS TO DO

_Think of Sharptooth as she was playing among the trees. Draw the
picture._
_Think of what she saw when she was hiding in the tall grass. Draw the
picture._
_Show on your sand map where the dense forest was._
_Show where the grassy plain was._
_Cut a lion and a mammoth from paper._

V.

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

Can you think why the Tree-dwellers did not live in families as we do?
Why did each one have to take care of himself?
Who took care of the babies then?
Do you know whether the baby Tree-dwellers could do anything for
themselves?

_Sharptooth and Her Baby_

We have learned that the Tree-dwellers had no homes.
All the Tree-dwellers had a hard time to live, for they had not yet
learned to help one another.
It took many long years to learn to do that.
But mothers have always taken care of their babies.
Sharptooth's mother had once taken care of her.
But Sharptooth soon learned to take care of herself.
Then she began to live as the other Tree-dwellers lived.
She lived by herself the greater part of the time.
She grew to be a strong young woman.
Then a baby came to live with her.
How proud she was of the little boy!
Wherever she went she took him with her, for there was nothing else
for her to do.
There was no place where she dared to leave him, so the mother and
baby were never apart.
Sometimes the baby clung to her waist.
Baby Tree-dwellers knew how to hold fast.
Sometimes Sharptooth tied a vine around her waist.
Then the baby clung to the vine.
Sometimes he sat on her shoulder and clung to her head or neck.
Sometimes he rode upon her back.
Sharptooth helped him all that she could, but she needed her hands for
other work.

[Illustration: _Sharptooth gathering berries_]

THINGS TO DO

_Show how your mamma carries your baby brother or sister._
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