took fright.

Up hill and down, through bushes and briars, the horses galloped away.
The Cave-men followed the wounded ones, hurling their spears as they
ran.

The chase was long and weary, and some of the wounded horses escaped.
But the men returned with many trophies and the women brought heavy
loads of meat.

The trophies the Cave-men prized the most were the heads of the wild
horses. They kept these trophies near the cave, and they thought that
they were charms. The Cave-men thought that the horses' heads would
bring more horses to the hunting grounds.

#THINGS TO DO#

_Tell a story about the age of combat. Tell a story about the age of
the chase. Draw a picture to illustrate each story._

_Show on your sand-map where the men were lying in wait for the
horses. Model the trail which the horses followed._

_What chasing game do you know how to play? Can you think how some
of these games first started?_

_Why do people not try to run as fast in a long race as in a short
one?_

_Model in clay something which you might name "The Age of Combat."_

IV

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

How do you feel after you have had a long, hard chase?

What does your mother tell you to do when you come in dripping with
sweat?

How do you think the Cave-men learned to take care of themselves?

When they were lame and stiff, do you think they would know what
made them so? Think of as many things as you can that they might do
to make themselves feel better.

_After the Chase_

When the long, hard chase was over, the Cave-men were tired and
dripping with sweat. All but Scarface threw themselves upon the cold
ground to rest.

It was Scarface who blew the whistle which called the women to the
spot. It was he who guarded the carcasses until the women came. And
while the women skinned the horses he sat on a log to rest.

It was sunset when they reached the cave. All joined in a feast upon
horse flesh, then they slept until break of day. It was then that the
men groaned with pain. Their muscles ached, and they were so lame that
they could scarcely move. Scarface alone of all the men was not
suffering with pain.

Perhaps you can tell what made the men lame. None of the Cave-men
knew. Everybody thought that an angry god was trying to punish them.

And so the men tried to drive the god away by raising fearful shouts.
Then they asked Chew-chew's advi