ree.
But the rain soon came and his fire went out.
So Bodo struck the tree with his club.
The trunk gave way.
Bodo peeped into the hollow tree.
He wanted to find the squirrel.

[Illustration: "_He put in his hand and pulled the squirrel out_"]

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