e fire clan played a hunting dance each night.
They hunted every day.
They began to attack the larger animals.
Brave men were needed to do this.
Men liked to show that they were brave.
So they kept trophies of their conflicts with the wild beasts.
These trophies were sometimes teeth and claws.
Sometimes they were beautiful skins and feathers.
When men found the time they worked upon them.

[Illustration: _A necklace of claws_]

They made them into curious ornaments.
It was hard work to bore holes through the teeth and claws.
But they learned to do it.

[Illustration: "_They strung them about their necks_"]

They strung them on sinews and hung them about their necks.
Sometimes they wore them on their arms and wrists.
Sometimes they wore them on their ankles and knees.
They made head-dresses of the feathers.
They covered their shoulders with the skins.
Men did not wear skins to keep themselves warm.
They wore them to show that they were brave.
Such trophies were worn by all the brave men.
These men were the leaders in time of danger.
When they were successful in the hunt, the people praised them.
When they failed, the people mocked them.
So they tried to do their work well.
They tried to find the best stones for tools and weapons.
They worked until they made them sharp and strong.
They studied the animals until they learned their ways.
They taught the people the hunting dance.
They kept the trophies of their brave deeds.
They were brave men.
All the people praised them.

THINGS TO DO

_Tell a story of how Bodo earned a trophy._
_Find ornaments that you think the leaders might have worn._
_Dress some dolls the way you think that the leaders dressed._
_Perhaps you would like to string seeds and make a necklace._

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THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

What animals live in the cold north?
Do they like to live there?
Would you be surprised if any of these animals came here to live?
If they came, what do you think it would mean?

[Illustration: _The strange musk sheep_]

_The Coming of the Musk Sheep_

One day long after Bodo lived some men went up the valley to hunt.
They had not gone far when the leader waved his hand.
All the men stopped to find out what he wanted.
He pointed to a herd of strange animals feeding on the rocky slope.
Then he motioned to show them what to do.
He sent some of the men up the trail