第5节
forhealsand</p>
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>
prehistori</p>
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>
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