第5节

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  alsbegantopro,looking</p>

  forsothifortheirtesandtheirownyoung,and</p>

  theylikedthetasteofhunbeings.ithere</p>

  yousteithereatorbeeaten,andlifewasveryunhappy</p>

  becauseitisery.</p>

  insuer,nothesrgraysofthe</p>

  sun,andduringtheerhischildreh</p>

  inhisar.urehurtitself,andhunting</p>

  anilsareforeverbreakingtheirbonesorsprainingtheir</p>

  ankleshehadnoootakeadiea</p>

  horribledeath.</p>

  likenyoftheanilshezoohtheir</p>

  strangenoises,earlyojabber.thatistosay,he</p>

  endlesslyrepeatedthesaunintelligiblegibberishbecauseit</p>

  pleasedhiohearthesoundofhisvoiduetihe</p>

  leaedthatheuldusethisgutturalowahisfellow</p>

  beingshreatenedandhegavecertainlittle</p>

  shrieksetoan``thereisatigeror``heree</p>

  fiveelephants.thehersgruhingbackat</p>

  hindtheirgroeant,``iseetheor``letusrunaway</p>

  andhide.andthisheinofalllanguage.</p>

  but,asihavesaidbefore,ofthesebeginningsweknow</p>

  soverylittle.earlynhadnotoolsandhebuilthielf</p>

  nohouses.helivedanddiedanotraceofhisexistence</p>

  exceptafeollarbonesandafeesofhisskull.</p>

  thesetellusthatnythousandsofyearsagotheworldwas</p>

  inhabitedbycertainals</p>

  alltheotheranilsanother</p>

  unknoalowalkon</p>

  itshindlegsasforepaere</p>

  stprobablyedhthecreaturesobe</p>

  ourodiateaors.</p>

  itislittleenoughherestisdarkness.</p>

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  prehistoribeginstoke</p>

  thingsforhielf.</p>

  earlyndidnotk.hekept</p>

  norerdsofbirthdaysorhehour</p>

  ofdeath.hehadnoideaofdaysorweeksorevenyears.</p>

  butinagerackoftheseasonsforhehad</p>

  noticedthattheldild</p>

  springthatspringgrers</p>

  ripenedandtheobeeatenand</p>

  thatsuerendedsoftheleaves</p>

  frohetreesandanuerofanilstingready</p>

  forthelonghibealsleep.</p>

  buthingunusualandratherfrighteninghad</p>

  happened.sothingatterhtheher.the</p>

  daysofsuerhadeverylate.thefruitshad</p>

  notripehetopsoftheuntainsobevered</p>

  hgrassnohaheavy</p>

  burdenofsnow.</p>

  then,oneing,anuerof</p>

  froheothercreaturese</p>

  theregionofthehighpeaks.they</p>

  lookedleanandappearedtobestarving.theyutteredsounds</p>

  edtosaythat</p>

  theyfoodenoughforboththe</p>

  oldinhabitantsandtheneers.heytriedtostay</p>

  rethanafehereerriblebattlehclawlike</p>

  handsaandilieshersfled</p>

  baountainslopesaheblizzard.</p>

  butthepeopleintheforestlyfrightened.all</p>

  thetithedaysgreerandthenightsgrehan</p>

  theyoughttohavebeen.</p>

  finally,inagapbethereappeareda</p>

  tinyspeckofgreenishice.rapidlyitincreasedinsize.a</p>

  gigantiaslidingdooneswere</p>

  beingpushedintothevalley.s</p>

  torrentsofiddandblocksofgranitesuddenly</p>

  tuledangthepeopleoftheforestandkilledthebr></p>

  heyslept.turyoldtreesokindling</p>

  heosnow.</p>

  itsnoonthsandnths.alltheplantsdiedand</p>

  theanilsfledinsearanhoisted</p>

  hisyounguponhisbadfollo.butheuldnot</p>

  travelasfastastheuresandheo</p>

  choosebetsto</p>

  havepreferredtheforrforhehasosurvivethe</p>

  terribleglacialperiodsoasions</p>

  threateokilleveryhunbeingonthefaceoftheearth.</p>

  inthefirstplaself</p>

  lesthefreezetodeath.heleaedhoodigholesandver</p>

  thebranchesandleavesandirapshecaught</p>

  bearsandhyenas,henkilledhheavystonesand</p>

  selfandhisfaly.</p>

  hisple.ny</p>

  anilsannow</p>

  follople,drovetheanilsoutoftheir</p>

  hosandclaidtheorhisown.</p>

  evenso,thecliteostpeopleand</p>

  theoldandtheyouaterriblerate.thenagenius</p>

  bethoughthielfoftheuseoffire.once,hunting,</p>

  hehadbeehathe</p>

  hadbeenalstroastedtodeathbytheflas.thusfarfire</p>

  hadbeenanene.noeafriend.adeadtree</p>

  eansofsuldering</p>

  branchesfrobuihecaveinto</p>

  azylittleroo</p>

  andthenoneeveningadeadchifellintothefire.it</p>

  andisvered</p>

  thatattastedbetterhenandthere</p>

  discardedoheoldhabitshthe</p>

  otheranilsaopreparehisfood.</p>

  inthishousandsofyearspassed.onlythepeople</p>

  hthecleverestbrainssurvived.theyhadtleday</p>

  andnightagainstldandhuheyoi</p>

  tools.theyleaedhoosharpenstooaxesandhow</p>

  tokehaers.theyoputuplargestores</p>

  offoodfortheendlessdaysoftheerandtheyfoundthat</p>

  clayuldbedeintobohe</p>

  raysofthesun.andsotheglacialperiod,hreatened</p>

  todestroythehunraaitsgreatestteacher</p>

  beantousehisbrain.</p>

  hieroglyphics</p>

  theegyptiansiheartof</p>

  ingandthererdof</p>

  histins</p>

  theseearliestaorsreat</p>

  europeanwilde</p>

  ...</p>