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CHAPTER 2 AURORA



IT WAS COOL NIGHT AND HAD LIGHT BREEZE. I WAS STANDING WATCH AND FIRE GUARD AT MOUTH OF CAVE.. IT WAS MY TURN TO DO THIS TASK.
IF I LET FIRE GO OUT I BE STONE TO DEATH." FIRE" MAN'S GREATEST PRIZE OR POSITIONS HAD TO BE FED AND LOOK OUT FOR, AND KEEP WHERE IT'S WANTED. I STOOD THERE WITH MY POINTED SPEAR ,AND MADE SURE I WAS FAR ENOUGH FROM FIRE THAT MY LEAVES DIDN'T CATCH ON FIRE .LAST TIME I DID THIS WATCH GOT LITTLE CLOSE MY LEAVES COUGH ON FIRE AND BURN THE HAIR OFF BACK SIDE. [DIDN'T SET DOWN FOR WEEK]. TO THE NORTH
THE LIGHT'S WERE DANCING IN THE SKY ,AND CHANGING COLORS AND SHAPES. I STUDDED THESE LIGHTS TO TRY FIG ER THEM OUT , WHAT WAS THE GOD'S SAYING TO US, I WATCH AND THOUGHT A BOUT THE MANY COLORS IN THE LIGHT'S. THE NIGHT SLIP INTO DAY AND I WENT DOWN TO STREAM TO GET SOME WATER IN ANIMAL SKIN. ON THE WAY BACK I RUN INTO A WOMAN AND CHILD CLOSE TO VILLAGE. WHICH STAR TEL ME. SHE RAN ONE WAY I RAN THE OTHER. ONLY SHE RAN TOWARDS THE VILLAGE. WHEN THEY SEE HER STARTED TO SHOUT AND THROW ROCK'S. BY THIS TIME I COUGH UP TO HER AND HAD HER BY ARM ,AND THEY STOP THROWING ROCKS. THE CHIEF STEP UP AND SAID FEW UNKIND WORD'S AND MOTION HER AWAY. I TOLD THE CHIEF THAT GOD'S IN NORTH FOR TOLD SHE WAS COMING THEY EVEN SHOW HER COLOR IN LIGHT'S. THE CHIEF STOOD IN SHOCK THAT I STOOD UP FOR HER ,AND THIS PUT HIM UNDER THE HAMMER .[DO YOU DISPLEASE THE GOD'S OR DO YOU EN FORCE TRIBE RULES] [NO OUT SIDE PEOPLE I TOLD HER GET BEHIND ME ."IF HE DON'T BUY THIS CRAP LOT ROCKS COMING OUR WAY". THE CHIEF THOUGHT THEN SAID SHE STAYS OUT THERE SO DO YOU. CRAP BAND FROM MY OWN TRIBE THATS CERTAIN DEATH, THIS DID NOT SET WELL WITH ME ..I HAD THIS IMPULSE DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM, I CLOSE MY FIST BENT MY ELBOW ,AND BROUGHT UP MY FIST AND HIT MY RIGHT ARM WITH LEFT HAND . I THOUGHT I LIKE STICK THIS UP YOUR. STRANGE THING THE WOMAN STUCK HAND AROUND ME WITH 1 FINGER SHOWING. WELL THE CHIEF TOOK THIS AS OBEDIENCE TO HIS ORDER AND HE NUMBER 1.
I TOOK THE WOMAN AND CHILD WITH ME I CALL HER AURORA AFTER THE GODS .WE WORK HARD THAT DAY GATHERING ROCKS MAKE A PLACE FOR FIRE. I LOOK UP AND FOUND ALL FIRE WOOD I COULD . LOG'S BRANCHES AND ALL WE COULD. .GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT AND FULL MANY DANGERS. WITH OUT FIRE TO PROTECT US WE WANT LAST LONG. SO I TOOK A DRY STICK AND WENT TO CAVE AND GOT MY SKIN THAT I SLEEP ON AND COUGH BRANCH ON FIRE AS I LEFT CAVE. ON WAY OUT TATER BUG STOP ME ,AND SAID HOW SORRY HE WAS AND THE CHIEF WAS A TICK ,OR PRICK,
TATER DIDN'T HAVE GOOD SPEECH , SOME TIMES YOU JUST GUESS AT WHAT HE SAID. I STARTED THE FIRE AND GOT IT GOING ,AND HAD SOME DRY MEAT. I HAD IN MY BAG FOR HUNTING AND GAVE IT TO AURORA AND HER SON ,WHO I'M YET TO NAME. SHE AND HER SON EAT THE DRY MEAT AND WATER FROM MY WATER SKIN I HAD FILL WHEN MEET HER . THEY SLEEP CLOSE TO FIRE ,AND I STAYED UP KEEPING THE FIRE HIGH TO KEEP PREDATORS AWAY. AS I WATCH OVER THEM I WAS THINKING [HOW CAN WE LIVE OUT HERE]. I REMEMBER WHEN A TRANASOURIS WAS AFTER ME ONE TIME I HID UNDER PILE LOG'S THAT FLOOD HAD WASH UP INTO A STAND UP PILE ,, THE TRANASOURIS COULD NOT GET TO ME AND HE TRIED. HUUUUUUUMM THIS MAY WORK ,,BUT THIS NOT THE SPOT FOR IT. .UP ON THAT SMALL HILL BE GOOD PLACE GOT DIRT THERE THIS IS ROCK. MAYBE KILL ENOUGH GAME THEIR HIDE'S MAKE IT WATER PROOF ,OR LOT DRYER. WE SEE IN MORNING WHAT CAN BE DONE...
THE FIRST LIGHT WE WERE UP, SETTING CLOSE TO FIRE. I ASK AURORA WHAT HAPPEN TO HER PEOPLE? SHE STARTED TO DRAW IN SAND AND WHAT SHE SAID ,HER PEOPLE WERE MOVING TO NEW HUNTING GROUND'S WHEN SET UP ON BY PACK TRANASOURIS SHE AND SON ONLY ONE'S GOT AWAY. SHE WAS SAD HER MAN WAS GONE. GUESS WE NEED EACH OTHER NOW. SO BE IT. LOOK UP AT CAVE THERE WAS THE CHIEF LOOKING DOWN ON US .I GAVE HIM THE SOLUTE AND HE NODDED. HEHEHEHE. TOLD AURORA WE BUILD US SHELTER ON TOP THAT HILL I POINTED TO. I GOT UP TO GO UP HILL STEP ON THIS BLACK ROCK ,I HATE THEM THEY ALWAYS GOT SHARP EDGE AND CUT YOU. I PICK IT UP AND THREW IT IN FIRE ,GOOD PLACE FOR IT.. WENT UP ON TOP HILL AND FOUND THE HIGHEST SPOT THERE WAS TALL TREE THERE. GOOD STACK LOGS AGAINST IT AND TIE TOP WITH ROPE THIS I DID AND TURN OUT BE STRONGER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD. HID OPEN SO NO ANIMAL COULD REACH IN GRAB SOME ONE. WE DID BEST TO KEEP DRY BY PUTTING BIG LEAVES AT BOTTOM AND OVER LAPPED THEM SO WATER RUN OFF ONE ONTO ANOTHER.,, THIS WORK UN TILL GET SKINS TO COVER IT.. NOW GET FIRE TO FRONT TO HELP KEEP BAD STUFF AWAY. BUILD A FIRE PIT. AND TENDER GET GOING .AND PUT LOGS IN THERE..WENT DOWN TO OLD CAMP AND GOT THE FIRE AND BROUGHT IT TO NEW FIRE PIT. STARTED FIRE AND THEN WENT GOT WATER PUT OUT OLD FIRE. FUNNY THING HAPPEN WHEN PORE WATER IN THE FIRE THAT BLACK ROCK SHATTERED. I LOOK AT IT HELL I WORK ALL DAY JUST GET ONE PIECE LIKE THAT .SO PICK THEM ALL UP AND PUT IN MY BAG.. THAT NIGHT WE WENT HUNGRY.. NO FOOD TO EAT WE WORK ALL DAY. NO TIME TO HUNT, THAT'S TOMORROW.

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