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Chapter XIV

           Itwastheythatmadeusafraidofthedark,fordarknesswasthetimeofthehuntinganimals.Itwasthenthattheycameoutoftheirlairsandpouncedupononefromthedarkwhereintheylurkedinvisible.

           Possiblyitwasoutofthisfearoftherealdenizensofthedarkthatthefearoftheunrealdenizenswaslatertodevelopandtoculminateinawholeandmightyunseenworld.AsimaginationgrewitislikelythatthefearofdeathincreaseduntiltheFolkthatweretocomeprojectedthisfearintothedarkandpeopleditwithspirits.IthinktheFirePeoplehadalreadybeguntobeafraidofthedarkinthisfashion;butthereasonsweFolkhadforbreakingupourhee-heecouncilsandfleeingtoourholeswereoldSaber-Tooth,thelionsandthejackals,thewilddogsandthewolves,andallthehungry,meat-eatingbreeds.

           

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