n meat. She dropped the meat into the water, hoping to appease
the angry god.

[Illustration: "_Chew-chew tried to teach the children how to know the
hissing sound._"]

The bubbling ceased, but Chew-chew was still afraid. So she called the
children together, and took them into the cave.

When the men and women came home that night, Chew-chew told them what
had happened. They went to the spot and saw the meat, which they
thought the god had left. Then they listened in silence as Chew-chew
told them the story again and again.

#THINGS TO DO#

_Choose some one for each of the parts and dramatize the story._

_Draw pictures which will show what happened._

_See if you can boil water by dropping hot stones into it._

_Show in your sand-box how the skins were stretched out, and how
the skin-lined hole was made._

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THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

What do you think Chew-chew might learn by dropping the meat into
the hot water?

What kind of boiling-pots did people first use?

Why didn't they hang their boiling-pots over the fire?

_Why the Children Began to Eat Boiled Meat_

The more Chew-chew thought about the bubbling sound, the more she
wanted to hear it again. She wondered what the god wanted to say, and
if he was asking for food. She wondered if she could make friends with
him by giving him something to eat.

Chew-chew talked with Eagle-eye and at length they tried to make
friends with the god. They prepared a place for the water by making a
skin-lined hole. Eagle-eye poured the water into the hole, while
Chew-chew dropped in a piece of meat. Then they looked and listened
for a sign, but no sign was made. They tried it again and again, but
still there was no sign.

At length Chew-chew thought of the hot stones she had dropped when she
heard the voice. So she and Eagle-eye heated stones and dropped them
into the water. As they did it they muttered prayers to the gods and
asked them to protect the Cave-men.

Before the women had dropped many stones, the children crowded around.
Nobody was frightened this time when the hissing sound was heard. But
their eyes opened wide when the water began to bubble.

Chew-chew dropped the meat into the water as an offering to the god.
Everybody watched as she dropped the meat. Everybody breathed more
freely when the bubbling ceased. And Chew-chew said, "The god is
pleased with the offering of meat."

Many times after