nd no protection, so they turned about
and faced the storm.

[Illustration: "_But many could find no protection, so they turned
about and faced the storm._"]

The Cave-men wished they were safe at home, but they dared not go
through the storm. They huddled together and felt their way to a spot
where the snow did not drift. There they lay down in the snow and
waited for the storm to cease.

#THINGS TO DO#

_Name some bird that migrates. Tell all that you know about the way
it migrates._

_When you go out to play, show how the bison migrated in warm
weather. Show how they migrated in cold weather._

_Show in your sand-box where the deep drifts would be. Show places
where the snow would not drift. If you cannot be sure about where
the drifts would be, see if you can find out by watching the storms
during winter._

_If the Cave-men are buried in the snow, how do you think they can
get air to breathe? How can they tell when the storm is over?_

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THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

What do you think those who stayed in the cave will do during the
storm? Can you think of any way by which they could get food?

Did you ever walk on snowshoes? How do you think people came to
make snowshoes?

_How Antler Happened to Invent Snowshoes_

Antler saw the coming storm and at once she thought of the fire. She
called to the women. And soon they were all breaking branches with
stone axes and mauls. The children piled the fagots together and
carried them to the cave.

[Illustration: _A stone maul._]

The snow was falling fast before they finished their work. They
watched the storm for a little while and then went into the cave.

The children were hungry and asked for meat. But there was no meat in
the cave. Antler tried to get the children to play and to forget that
they were hungry. And the children played for a little while, but they
soon grew tired. And so Antler gathered the children together and
began to tell them stories.

As the storm raged fiercer and fiercer, Antler told stories of other
storms. She had braved many storms on the wooded hills and the
children liked to hear her stories.

Among the stories she told that day was the story of the Big Bear. She
said that the Big Bear lived in a cavern away up in the mountain. She
said that he kept watch of the game and that sometimes he shut the
game in his cavern. Antler said she had often he