. Just so stories for litle children. er, beingsoaked in the water to make it swell up. The tattery-looking thing acrossthe river is the Mans salmon-net to catch salmon with. There are niceclean stones leading up from the river to the mouth of the Cave, so thatthe Man and the Woman could go down for water without getting sandbetween their toes. The things like black-beetles far down the beach arereally trunks of dead trees that floated down the river from the Wet WildWoods on the other bank. The Man and the Woman used to drag themout and dry them and cut them up for firewood. I havent drawn th
. Just so stories for litle children. er, beingsoaked in the water to make it swell up. The tattery-looking thing acrossthe river is the Mans salmon-net to catch salmon with. There are niceclean stones leading up from the river to the mouth of the Cave, so thatthe Man and the Woman could go down for water without getting sandbetween their toes. The things like black-beetles far down the beach arereally trunks of dead trees that floated down the river from the Wet WildWoods on the other bank. The Man and the Woman used to drag themout and dry them and cut them up for firewood. I havent drawn the horse-hide curtain at the mouth of the Cave, because the Woman has just takenit down to be cleaned. All those little smudges on the sand between theCave and the river are the marks of the Womans, feet and the Mans Man and the Woman are both inside the Cave eating theirdinner. They went to another cosier Cave when the Baby came, becausethe Baby used to crawl down to the river and fall in, and the Dog had topull him out. 200. 201 The Cat that Walked 203 mutton, and the Woman, looking at the blade-bone, heard him, and laughed, and said, Herecomes the first. Wild Thing out of the WildWoods, what do you want ? Wild Dog said, O my Enemy and Wife ofmy Enemy, what is this that smells so good inthe Wild Woods? Then the Woman picked up a roastedmutton-bone and threw it to Wild Dog, andsaid, Wild Thing out of the Wild Woods,taste and try. Wild Dog gnawed the bone,and it was more delicious than anything he hadever tasted, and he said, O my Enemy andWife of my Enemy, give me another. The Woman said, Wild Thing out of theWild Woods, help my Man to hunt throughthe day and guard this Cave at night, and I willgive you as many roast bones as you need. Ah! said the Cat, listening. This is avery wise Woman, but she is not so wise asI am. Wild Dog crawled into the Cave and laidhis head on the Womans lap, and said, Omy Friend and Wife of my Friend, I will helpyour Man to hunt through the
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