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           Itookheralonetothehunting,wherethedeersoughtthewater-hole.Andmybowtwangedandsanginthecovert,andthedeerfellfast-stricken,andthewarmmeatwassweettous,andshewasminetherebythewater-hole.

           AndbecauseofIgarIremainedwiththestrangemen.AndItaughtthemthemakingofbowsfromtheredandsweet-smellingwoodlikeuntocedar.AndItaughtthemtokeepbotheyesopen,andtoaimwiththelefteye,andtomakebluntshaftsforsmallgame,andprongedshaftsofboneforthefishintheclearwater,andtoflakearrow-headsfromobsidianforthedeerandthewildhorse,theelkandoldSabre-Tooth.Buttheflakingofstonetheylaughedat,tillIshotanelkthroughandthrough,theflakedstonestandingoutandbeyond,thefeatheredshaftsunkinitsvitals,thewholetribeapplauding.

           IwasUshu,thearcher,andIgarwasmywomanandmate.Welaughedunderthesuninthemorning,whenourman-childandwoman-child,yellowedlikehoney-bees,sprawledandrolledinthemustard,andatnightshelaycloseinmyarms,andlovedme,andurgedme,becauseofmyskillattheseasoningofwoodsandtheflakingofarrow-heads,thatIshouldstayclosebythecampandlettheothermenbringtomethemeatfromtheperilsofhunting.AndIlistened,andgrewfatandshort-breathed,andinthelongnights,unsleeping,worriedthatthemenofthestrangertribebroughtmemeatformywisdomandhonour,butlaughedatmyfatnessandundesireforthehuntingandfighting.