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SPLITS CAVE MAN DIARIES
CHAPTER 9 CHILD PLAY
FIRST LIGHT WE HAD ALL MEAT CUT UP, AND HAD GOOD SUPPLY LAST WEEKS .MAYBE TO MUCH TO PULL. WE MADE GOOD KILL
KNOW BODY HARMED OUR GOOD LUCK MAY BE TO HEAVY .. I TOOK CONDOR WITH ME ,AND LEFT TATERBUG ,AT CAMP. WHILE WE LOOK FOR WATER.
[CONDOR] YOU THINK WATER DOWN THERE? [PREACHER]] I THINK SO IF WE CAN GET TO IT NOT UNDER GROWN.. EVERY THING TO GREEN DOWN
THERE GOT BE WATER SOME WHERE. CONDOR AND I ROPE DOWN THE WALLS . MOVING SLOWLY ,LOOKING FOR SNAKES WE WENT ALONG THE BOTTOM.
SOON WE FOUND A SPRING. SENT CONDOR BACK TO BRING DOWN THE WATER SACKS TO FILL UP AGAIN . THIS GOOD PLACE FOR US .WATER HERE
,,AND WE NEED TIME CURE HIDE'S AND DRY MEAT. GOT THE BAGS FILL .WITH FRESH WATER AND CLAIM BACK UP CLIFT . THIS IS NOT SOMETHING
YOU WANT DO TWO OR THREE TIME A DAY.
GOT UP TO TOP .I NOTICE TWO WOOLY MAMMOTH YOUNG AT CAMP. I WAS THINKING WE KILL A MALE AND FEMALE BEAST ..SHE SHOW
NO SIGN OF HAVING YOUNG ONES. WHERE THESE COME FROM. ASK TATERBUG" WHERE THEY CAME FROM? TATERBUG THEY JUST WALK UP.
THINKING THEY WANT WATER .HUUUUUUMM THEY SMELL THAT SPRING DOWN THERE AND CANNOT GET TO IT. I , AM NOT GOING UP DOWN THAT
WALL JUST GET THEM WATER. MY ARMS ARE SORE NOW FROM UP DOWN THAT ROPE. THEY JUST HAVE TO GET IT SOME WHERE ELSE. THAT AFTER
NOON AFTER A NAP I GOT UP AND WENT OUT SIDE . BROOK WAS WITH TWO CAVES .GIVEN THEM SOME WATER OUT HER BAG. .HUUUUUMMM I SHOULD
THROW A FIT. I THOUGHT SHE DO NOT HALF TO GO DOWN THAT ROPE. AFTER BROOK GAVE THEM WATER THEY FOLLOW HER ANY WHERE SHE WENT.
NOW WE GOT THREE CHILDREN I THOUGHT. AND THEY CANNOT SLEEP IN T PEE. STRANGE YOUNG CAN BE AT PIECE WITH YOUNG FROM ANOTHER
ANIMAL.. THEY FOLLOW BROOK AROUND LIKE SHE WAS THEIR MOTHER. HUUUUUMM... I BET THEY CAN PULL THAT SLAY AND THEN SOME ,,GIVE
WOMEN A BREAK.. THIS THOUGHT GOT MY MINE TURN OWN. THEY DRINK LOT WATER I BET . HOW CAN WE CARRY ENOUGH WATER FOR THEM. LET
THEM CARRY THERE OWN WATER WITH THEM.. HUUUUMMM. [PREACHER]" AURORA " HOW MUCH EXTRA HIDE WE HAVE? [AURORA] THE
HIDE FORM SECOND WOOLY MAMMOTH WE DID NOT USE .IT IS BEEN CURED NOW. [PREACHER] NEED TWO LONG STRIPS THIS WIDE. MEASURE WITH
HAND LOOKS CLOSE TO NOW TIMES FOOT WIDE. AND THIS LONG AGAIN WITH HAND AND ARMS LOOK CLOSE TO 4 FOOT LONG. AURORA CUT THE
PIECES OFF BIG PIECE HIDE FROM SECOND WOOLY MAMMOTH . PREACHER GOT HIS KNIFE OF BLACK ROCK AND CUT A SLIT IN ONE END CLOSE
6 INCHES FROM END THEN DID SAME TO OTHER END .. DID THIS TO OTHER PIECE . SLIP A BAMBOO POLE THREW ONE SLIP ON EACH PIECE
. THEN HE PATTED THE TWO YOUNG MAMMOTHS AND TOOK END OF PIECE HANG DOWN PULL IT ACROSS THE CHEST AND OVER THE END OF POLE.
DID THE SAME TO SECOND CALVE . THE TWO CALVES DID NOT MINE THAT MUCH , JUST NOW THEY TIED TOGETHER. PREACHER. HUUUMMM THIS
GOT CHANCE TO WORK. TOOK THE POLE OFF THERE BACKS ,, LET THEM GET USE TO THIS.. EVERY HOUR PREACHER GET TWO YOUNG MAMMOTH
AND PUT POLE OVER THEIR BACK AND SLIP THE TIES OWN. THEN GIVE THEM DRINK WATER. WAS NOT LONG THE TWO CALVES WANTED PLAY THE
GAME FOR THE WATER.[ PREACHER] AURORA,, AURORA CAME OUT THE T PEE WANT YOU GET WOMEN TOGETHER MAKE BIG WATER BAGS . ONE GO
ON THIS SIDE THE WOOLY MAMMOTH AND ONE ON THIS SIDE THE CALVES. EACH HAVE TWO BAG OVER ITS SHOULDERS. [AURORA] PREACHER YOU
LOST YOU MINE .. [PREACHER] IF I AM RIGHT THE WOMAN WANT HAVE TO DRAG THAT SLADE ANY MORE. IF DO NOT NOT WORK WE GOT EXTRA
WATER BEGS. THESE GREAT BEAST EVEN BEEN CALVES CAN CARRY A BIG LOAD, AND PULL ONE TO. BEST THEY WORK WITH US THAN BEEN TRANASOURIS
SNACK..
WE WERE THERE TWO DAYS ..LOADED UP WITH WATER FROM SPRING ,AND GOT THE WATER BAGS FOR THE CALVES FILL.. BROOK GOT
FIRE BUNDLE GOING . I GOT THE TWO CALVES PREPARED AND SLADE HOOK TO THEM , TOLD BROOK TO STAND IN FRONT THE TWO CALVES,,
AND PLACE AURORA ON RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAVES AND HAPPY JO ON LEFT SIDE . THIS SO CALVES WOULD NOT SPREAD TO FAR APART. THE
TWO CALVES WERE ALREADY SNIFFING HER WATER SACK WITH THEIR TRUNK. .I TOLD BROOK TO WALK AHEAD OF THEM .WHEN SHE MOVE SO DID
THE CALVES AND SLADE. I POINTED THE DIRECTION TO BROOK TOLD WALK THAT WAY SHE DID SO DID THE CALVES FOLLOW HER ,WE ON WAY,
,AND NO PULLING BY WOMEN. MEN WENT OUT TOOK UP GUARD ON FLANKS AND CONDOR OUT FRONT . WE COVERED LOT GROWN THAT DAY, I THOUGHT
TO MY SELF WHILE MOVING AND SEEING IT WORK ,AND AURORA THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY.. LATER THAT DAY BROOK STEP ON PIECE BACK ROCK
CUT FOOT GOOD. WELL I PUT HER ON BACK THE BIGGEST OF TWO CALVES TO RIDE .THE OTHER WANT HER RIDE IT . WELL KNOW WAY ONE RIDE
TWO. SO GOT SOME HIDE AND MADE HER A PERCH BETWEEN THE TWO. THEY WERE HAPPY WITH THAT. GAVE TROPICANA THE WATER BAG SHE TOOK
BROOK PLACE AS LEAD. AND BROOK RODE WITH TWO CALVES ,,AND A PAT HERE AND THERE HELP. BE FORE THE DAY OUT BROOK NAME THEM SAM
AND PAM.
SOON LATE AFTER NOON WE CAME UP ON A BATTLE SEEN. TWO WOOLY MAMMOTH WERE DEAD AND FOUR TRANASOURIS DEAD. I LOOK
AT THE SEEN THE WOOLY MAMMOTH WERE KILL FROM WOUNDS BLEED OUT TOO MUCH ..VERY LITTLE WERE EATEN FROM BODY. THERE ONLY MAYBE
ONE TRANASOURIS LEFT AFTER FIGHT, MAYBE TWO. THE TWO CALVES WERE CALLING TO ONE BIG FEMALE MAMMOTH [I THINK THAT THE
MOTHER]. SO THE CALVES WERE FROM HERE. THIS ALSO GOT MY HAIR UP ,,ONE WOUNDED TRANASOURIS ,,BE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING EASY
TO FEED OWN.
WE MADE CAMP THAT AFTER NOON I TOLD VERY BODY I WANT FIRE ON ALL SIDES CAMP .LOT FIRE TO LOOK OUT FOR ,AND TOLD ALL
THE MEN SLEEP WITH SPEAR CLOSE BY ,, IT WAS PLAIN FROM MY ACTIONS THAT I EXPECTED TROUBLE TONIGHT. MOVE THE TWO CALVES IN
TO CAMP IN SIDE THE FIRES .THEY SMELL IT BEFORE HE SHOW GIVE WARNING. WE SCRAPE ALL WOOD WE COULD FINE CLOSE TO CAMP. FIRES
UP AS NIGHT FELL.
MY THINKING" IT WANT BE LONG",WE HAVE A VISITOR.. I BET HE OUT THERE NOW WATCHING US. SOON THE CALVES WERE
RESTLESS I KNEW IT WAS NEAR . I SOUNDED THE ALARM AND MEN ROSE READY FOR BATTLE. THEN I SEEN IT COMING FROM LEFT SIDE ,I CHARGE
IT TO GET ALL SPEED I COULD BE HIND MY SPEAR AND SHIIIIIISH IT WAS GONE AND GOOD HIT RIGHT IN CHEST THEN TATER LET GO SHIIIIISH
ANOTHER GOOD HIT IN CHEST THEN CONDOR SHIIIIS GREAT HIT IN SIDE AS HE TURN ,, BY THEN I HAD SWITCH TO SECOND SPEAR AND THEN
SHIIIISH THE FOURTH AND DOWN HE WENT ..
I TOLD ALL STAY CLEAR MAKE SURE IT DEAD BE FORE GET SPEARS. THE WOMEN HAD THEIR SPEARS AND BRING US BACK UP SPEARS ..
WE RESUPPLY WITH SPEARS WE TOOK UP GUARD ON CAMP, THERE MIGHT BE TWO. BE NO SLEEP TO NIGHT.. THE MORNING EARLY WE HAD SECOND
ATTACK. AGAIN THE CALVES GAVE WARNING. AGAIN WE ATTACK THE ATTACKER .I FIRST AND TATER FOLLOW THEN CONDOR AGAIN WE KILL IT
THIS TIME WAS A SMALLER ONE TOOK ONLY THREE SPEARS TO DROP HIM. THEN AGAIN JUST BE FORE DAY LIGHT THIRD ONE CAME , WE ATTACK
IT SINGLE FILE TOOK 5 DROP IT ,,IT WAS THE MOTHER TO OTHERS. SHE WAS A BIG ONE.. I AM HAPPY THEY DIDN'T ATTACK IN A GROUP.
THEN BEEN TUFF ONE..
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