Mondo 's Clan


I am Mondo when my storey began I was 16 years old. My Father was killed by a cave bear 5 geezerhood earlier and my female parent was claimed by Grog .... Grog hates me.

The men are gathering for a hunt, we are traveling to a summer coterie and pauperism to have meat for the trek. Grog kicks me because he says I am too slow ... .. soon, very soon I will challenge him. He says my big pes make me incompetent.

The men are gear up to hunt and the straits man Tondor calls us to propel out. lateen sail has spotted a herd of Bison not to far from our camp. We will trail them and set up an ambush. Tondor tells Grog and I to move ahead on the right while lateen sail and Gorbus does the Lapp to the left.

I ease behind a rock with my spear in paw when something startles the herd and they began running towards me. I hear a grunt and spirit over my shoulder and see Grog swinging his golf club at my head. My movement caused the gust to be a stunning reverse instead of killing me it knocked me unconscious and I fell in to the stampede. Luckily there was a idle tree that had fallen and lay in their way and my lifeless body rolled under its branches.

I opened my eye, my promontory hurt and I could hardly see. I try to stand but could not. I check and I still had my water skin. I took a drink and poured some over my head. Slowly very slowly I began to hail to my signified. Grog tried to vote down me before I could challenged him.

Grog was about 5'tall and weighed about 200 lbs. I on the other handwriting stood at 6'and weighed about the same but where Grog was fat mine was muscularity. One day I will take in him down, maybe today when I get back to camp.

I found my gig and using it as a staff I made my way back to bivouac. Before I made it to the camp area I realized something was very wrong, no smoke, as I rounded the Boulder that marked the entryway to the box canyon where the clique had been for calendar month. Before me was a stark domain no huts no mass ... I was alone ... I collapsed to the ground.

The kin group probably thought I was dead, Grog would have told them that I got caught in the stampede. That was when I also realized that I did not have sex how long I was out, as light as I felt it could induce been solar day. I knew where there were some berry vines near by and I went to them that at least gave me a bit of nourishment.

After I had eaten my fill of the Berry I made my way back to where the stampede had occurred. I followed in the Bison 's aftermath. I do n't have a go at it what I was expecting but … where else was I to go, I had been following for minute when I noticed a carcass. As I drew near I could see a spear sticking out of the Bison 's belly. It must have eluded the Clan and died slowly. I took my Flint knife and began the process of skinning it. Before I was half done I decided to build a fire to stay fresh predators away. I gathered wood and pulled out my fire stones struck them together and directed the light to the tinder and in moments I had my fervour I fed it enceinte slice of wood till I had a raging fire.



I cut off some of the meat and placed it on a stone near the fire. Just by chance event, a few year ago a hunk of pith was dropped into the coal of our firing. Some sentence later my Father noticed the tantalizing smell from the cooking meat he raked it out, brushed it off and took a chomp. We each tried a piece of the fake center and now often cooked our substance. I stood up from placing the center and went back to the skinning of the bison.

There was a current near by so I decided to just stay on right where I was. I made wrack and hung pieces of meat to smoke and to dry. I staked out the Bison cutis and began to scrape the hide and tan it.
I stayed there for a hebdomad and ate my fill and although I heard piranha almost every night my blast seemed to hold open them at bay. I found some small trees with true trunks about an column inch to an inch and a half in diam. I cut two about eight feet foresighted then I cut smaller I to make a spread of about three foundation. These I tied to the longsighted poles to make a travois. I cut a lot of thin strips from the Bison skin for this and More to tie the tegument and and the meat to the travois.



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Grog set looking into the campfire thinking about how his programme to get rid of Mondo had worked so well, he laughed to himself. It was even easily than he had planed, Mondo had fell right in front of the stampede. He laughs to himself nada left of Mondo.

Tondor regretted the deprivation of Mondo for Mondo was fast becoming the best Hunter in the kin group. They had looked for him but Grog had seen him fall in front of the stampede so there was not a good deal sense in too long of a search.

They had traveled many mean solar day to their summer pack only to discover that there had been a forest flak during the wintertime and the expanse was nothing but ashes. Tondor decided to ferment North east in search of new land.

Mondo 's mother was for certain that Grog was at flaw for her Son death but was afraid to say anything. She knew that Grog would beat her and leave her rear. So she kept her thoughts to herself.
lateen 's girl Sonda was heartbroken ... Even though she was only eleven she had a crunch on Mondo. Mondo was the grandiloquent, firm and most handsome and Sonda knew that one day he would pick her ... She just had to grow a trivial bit ... well since her chest was flat and she was as skinny as a bamboo shoot, maybe a lot of growing.

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Mondo lifted the terminal to his shoulders and began his hunt for the kin group. It was at least a moon to the summer pack. He had made a sling from a couple of Strand cut from the bison tegument and kept the sling in his paw as he walked. By the time he stopped for the day he had three Rabbits and a badger. He had gutted them while walking then when he stopped he finished skinning them. Mondo was bent over scrapping the Badger pelt when he heard a roar ... He grabbed his shaft and turned, he barley had time to set himself as a saber-tooth Tiger launched itself toward him. Mondo dropped to his stifle and steadied his shaft. The tiger hit the gig and push the fishgig into its chest the military unit of the shock carried the tiger over and yesteryear Mondo ripping the spear out of his hands. Mondo grabbed for his Flint River knife and leaped on to the tigers back and with the razor sharp Flint River tongue attacked the throat of the tiger. The force of the Panthera tigris landing place broke the spear in half. The steel of the gig pierced the warmheartedness of the beast as it slung Mondo off its back. It roared then dropped at Mondo 's feet … drained. Mondo had closed his eyes because he knew he was idle ... nothing happened …. he opened his oculus to see the tiger at his feet, then he shook.

He had no time to fall apart. He gathered wood and built a declamatory fire. He began skinning the Panthera tigris noting the fact that it was a female and looked like it may have been nursing. Mondo staked out the tiger skin out to make scraping easier. Then he drug the carcass away from camp. Returning to the summer camp he found three kitten eating his hare that he had planned on having himself. Well he thought that answers the query about if the Tiger had outfit or not.. Mondo picked up the hare and stick by them on sticks over the firing. He cut the badger into small patch and fed it to the kit. They ate their fill then curled up next to Mondo and went to kip.

The next morning Mondo went back to the tigers carcass ... it was almost clean zero but os left. He looked around and found the head and removed the Saber- tooth. Being about six inches long they would be good for stabbing. He headed back to camp the kits were playing and nipping at the badger castanets. He staked out the tiger skin and went to work on on scrapping.

Mondo lifted the poles and started off it had been three days preparing the tiger hide, the outfit played around his animal foot. They would take a few step and look back and mew. Then run to catch up then repeat, they were not trusted what to do for Mondo kept on walking. This went on for over an hour then the kits started drifting farther back. Until Mondo heard a doleful cry and an answering growl .... a coyote looking for an well-to-do meal. Why ? Mondo does not know but he dropped the Pole grabbed the half spear and attacked the coyote. Being a Sir Noel Pierce Coward the coyote ran away … well just out of reach ... Mondo scratched his head wondering why he did some of the things he did. He walked back to the wear down and scared kits and picked up one turned it over … it was a male he said"You are Leo IX ”. The next had brinded stripes and was female for some reason it reminded him of Lateen 's daughter,"You are Sondi."The go one was small but male Mondo laughed at the conflict and said"You are Runt."He carried them back to the carrier and placed them on the pelt. They settled down to sleep.

As the days passed the outfit would get down from the carrier run and romp cashbox they tired then they would climb back up and go to sleep. Mondo began to notice a fragile thrill in the air he began to worry that there might be a of late snow storm coming. He started searching for a place to hold up and wait it out. With the aid of his slingshot he had plenty of meat to last so that was no vexation but he did need to get hold a unbowed pole to hit into a gig. Another time of day of walk and he noticed a rack of trees that had a few saplings the consummate duration for his spear ... if he could witness the ripe stones maybe he could chip out three or four fishgig heads. He began to look for good flints and collected a few and cut down a few saplings.

As Mondo set down to began shaping the spear drumhead he heard a belly laugh, He took his half shaft and moved off in the direction of the howler. He was walking in a dry flow bed, as he walked he would nibble up careen to use with his sling if needed. He could assure he was getting close by the grunting just ahead of him. As he rounded a bend he saw something he had only heard about. Before him was what his dad had called lomen their organic structure were twisted as was their faces they were eaters of men. The lomen were panoptic in the body and strong and there were three of them. One of them was eating on the leg ivory of a man they had ripped apart. The other two were trying to pull something from under the bramble George Herbert Walker Bush next to the rocks. From the screams I could narrate it was a female and that the thorns was all that was between her and these monsters. I loaded my scarf bandage and let fly hitting the eater in the temple ... he dropped the leg and fell forward. I reloaded just as one of the other turned toward me I let fly the John Rock catching him in the fore headway. Before I could reload the last one had turned and charged me.

Before he could reach me three tawny dynamos went streaking past one grabbed an mortise joint, one grabbed the most individual parts causing him to raise his principal which gave St. Bruno the chance he needed and latched on to his throat. As the devil went down I planted my half spear in to his chest and pressed it into his tenderness. I called the Kits off. I had not noticed but they had grown and their Milk teeth had been replaced by the source of their ivory, I chuckled that lomen probably was very surprised when those clamped on his privates.

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I looked around and saw peewee on his belly crawling under the brambles. I heard another screaming and I said do n't anguish my kitten he just wants to play and you are safe now the lomen are dead.
"Who are you ?"
"I am Mondo a lone hunter lost from my Clan."“ I am going to cut the Brambles back"I took my knife and cleared an opening through the brambles. I was surprised to see there was a cave behind the brambles. The opening was about four foot across and tall but once in side the cave it was at least eight foot tall. As I entered the first of all thing I saw was an eight twelvemonth old playing with runt beside her was her female parent and three early cleaning woman and two son about ten. The man who had been ripped apart was the entirely adult male person with them. They were looking at me with fear, I glanced to either slope and realized that Bruno and Sondi were escorting me. I will be redress back I will get rid of the bodies and get my appurtenance and then I will generate. I drug the consistence a good ways away so predators would not come close to the cave. I checked them for arm but all they had was clubs, which I had no use for.

I drug my travois inside the cave and made numerous trips back outside to convey in firewood. Then I drug the Brambles back to cover the entrance.
Then I looked at the people still standing in the Lapplander place that I had left them.."Please at least sit down, I am not here to hurt you if you wish to will I will not stop you. Do what you wish."

I decided to get out them alone and light a fire. I unloaded the travois and spread the the furs the kittens crawled right on the furs and Lil the eight year old who had been playing with Runt followed him onto the fur. One by one they began to sit on the furs and the son asked if it was alright to pet the kitty. Sondi answered by rubbing on their pegleg, Saint Bruno was not far behind. I continued getting the blast started and started some rabbits to roasting. I am Mondo I will finish telling my story. I noticed that some of the smoke drifted down the roof line of the cave then disappeared. I lit a duration of Sir Henry Joseph Wood and and used it as a torch. I walked farther in to the cave the two boys and Sondi and Giordano Bruno followed. About L feet inward we found a watercourse that ran along the right wall. The Arabian tea smelled the water and took a drink. I dipped my hand in, the water was cold and unfermented. We walked on for about a c feet the cave made a turn to the left and opened up to a vast room with a pool almost twenty to thirty fundament across. There was some sort of Moss on the cave rampart that gave off light. I no longer need the torch so I put it out by covering it with dirt.. I walked across the way and could see an possible action ahead of me. When I reached the opening I was shocked to see a beautiful valley. A river flowed from out of the solid ground at the base of the mountain. unfounded plot was abundant, berries were evident as well as herbaceous plant and spicery all were in sight. Mondo turned to the boys,"Bring me the torch and I will relight it then I want you to go bring in every one here."I continued to gaze at the valley trying to pass judgment its size of it the scoop hypothesis was it was at least 10 mi long and 5 wide but would experience better when I had a chance to explore.

While the boy were gone I walked out into the Valley and looked around. I felt like I was home, the cave had shelter and fresh body of water and the vale had all the nutrient we could eat. I was standing in front of the cave with my arms lifted up towards the sky as the others stepped out of the cave. Lil and her mother Ludi were low gear out of the cave they walked up to me and asked where are we. Ludi says When we left the other end it was snowing but..but.. here the sun is shining and it is warmly. Everyone gathered around all were amazed at what they saw. One of the women, Pori, made the comment we could live here and no one would know.."Moli and Star the other two women spoke together"we need to go get our things."I knew then I had been accepted for, our matter they refer too was the items I had unloaded from my travois. But they were right we needed the affair moved to this end .We all went back together.

The start nighttime we slept on the pelt it was airless sleeping, in the middle of the night I awoke with an arm draped across my body stroking my chest of drawers and stomach.. I started to turn over when a vocalisation said shhhh. I lay there enjoying the look and not knowing who was doing the detrition. That night I had pleasant dreams. And when I awoke the next first light the lady were out gathering herbaceous plant Ludi was directing them ... that 's when I found out she was a medicine woman apprentice, And Lil 's mother.
The former ladies, Pori seventeen, Moli 19 and whiz twenty five were not related to the boys, Drago and Malo were Gemini the Twins but not identical, .they did not know what had happened to their parents.

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The entirely group had been tied together after being captured by the lomen. They had been walking for hours when the leader of the lomen called a halt. He pointed to three of his group and public speaking in a spoken language they did not understand. Ludi assumed he was assigning the three to keep an eye on them. Their sentry go pushed them down near a large refine Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. The lomen had not noticed that there was a hole under the tree diagram which led to the dry flow bed and eventually to the cave. Lil found the hole. She told her female parent and Ludi whispered to the others. Then they waited. Later into the night the lomen began to drowse when she felt it safe she lowered Lil into the hole and one at a time they all slipped away. The man was the last and he slipped and fell making enough stochasticity to awaken the lomen. They ran as fast as they could then Ludi saw the brambles and every one tried to slip under them when the lomen grabbed the man and literally ripped him apart. One of the other lomen was reaching under the brambles and had grabbed on to Star .... That is when Mondo arrived and took out the lomen. Mondo took tutelage and Ludi was glad to let him besides she was physically attracted to him. Mondo had checked each one of them to make sure no one was injured. And they all stood there in fear not knowing what to do next.

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Mondo began working on his shaft he stripped the bark from the saplings. And stood the hafts near the blast to begin the drying out and hardening of the lance. He took the Oliver Stone and began working on the blades for the spearhead. Drago and Malo sat close watching his every move. Mondo looked around and spotted the kitten following the cleaning lady and playing. The women seemed to pack the comportment of the Saber-tooth cats as natural. After making four shaft brand and rotating the shafts Mondo decided it was time to search over the Valley. He gather a few rock and roll and his slingshot and motioned to the son, they fell in behind him.

Mondo saw a lowly herd of bison, many rabbit, a mixed bag of birds and goats and sheep and many former animate being. They all seemed to be food for thought beast former than small carnivores there did not seem to be any large predators. There was no evidence of Tigers, bears or wolf. The most dangerous animal he saw was bovine. One strain had horns about six metrical foot in length. The deer population was abundant and they counted the points on a large Stag as three hands plus two fingers. I thought about what I had done … into this peaceful valley I had introduced three top of the line predatory animal. They may be young now but … one day. I guess I would have to train them. And let them hunt in the woods from the bramble bush entrance. I decided my estimate of the size of the Valley was close very close but probably the valley was a bit larger. In the distance Mondo could see a disconsolate area which he felt could be another cave ... maybe another passing. One day he vowed to take the air all of the vale ... Then he would know.

When he and the boys returned the camp seemed to be evacuate ... Mondo was worried, with spear at the ready he entered summer camp. Then he heard laughter from inside the cave. He and the male child entered the cave and was met with the visual sense of Star completely nude and the others all waist deep in the pool ... also nude. They saw him and the son and waved to them, come in cum in there is a hot springtime in the pool. Mondo looked around at the male child but was too late they had already dropped their dress and were running for the water supply. Mondo shed his own skins to the oohs and aahs of the adult women. Mondo did n't consume to do anything just walk into the pool. The women met him and began to wash him even Lil tried to help oneself but the women said no.

The scarf bandage kept us in nutrient and skins for clothes. There was a works that had leaf blade that looked like swords, the pricker on the end of the steel could be broken off and a thin thread like man about two feet long could be pulled out of the sword, this made for a perfect needle and thread. The thorn would reform after about two weeks so the needle and thread was constantly replaced as long as the brand was not cut. I taught all how to use the sling and they all seemed to be cancel. It was a pleasant spirit though I wished for more men to go after bigger biz and … I missed my mother.


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Mondo 's mother, Sharlu, did not know how much more she could take. Since Mondo had been killed Grog seemed to count for thing to get angry about ... and he beat her. Tondor saw this and tried to ignore it but he to had been casting his eyes at the fairness of Sharlu. Ever since his wife had died he had thought to claim a new wife, but by the laws of the folk Grog had acted first and Sharlu was his. If Tondar ever actually saw Grog licking Sharlu .... He would challenge Grog. But now was not the sentence. A sickness had swept through the kindred, Tobar the medical specialty Man worked with them all until he too became vomit Before it was over they had lost six tyke, five men including Tobar and eight adult female. The Clan was really hurting there was only eleven men, five women and ten child. Of the ten children only three were over twelve and only one was Male. Some of the men were still very weakly only three Hunter were available to feed the Clan. No Tondar thinks, today is not a good day to challenge. Grog is needed.

Grog was never touched by sickness and he took this as a sign that he was destined to be capitulum of the clan. He would determine Tondar and he would plan.

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Today sensation asked to go on the hunt with Mondo and he agreed. They were about three miles from the Camp when adept dropped to her genu and put her head to the ground and pulled her clothing to the incline baring her delightful coffin nail. As she wiggled her stern she tells Mondo she wants a baby. Having never done this before Mondo squatted behind her and tried to participate her. After the fourth miss Star reached between her wooden leg, took him in deal and guided him into her velvet glove. Mondo had never felt anything like this before and he went wild bouncing Star all over the earth. Then he felt a strange star and he grabbed her hips and shoved himself all the way into Star, His release was like an explosion and as the feeling receded. Mondo collapsed at Stars feet, the rest of the morning was spent the same way. They finished their hunt and champion told him the other women were waiting their play. They had decided that their federation of tribes needed more the great unwashed. Mondo walked around the rest of the day with a big grinning on his cheek just thinking … he would get to do this to the other cleaning lady too.

As they arrived back at bivouac everyone knew that Star had been successful and every time the other charwoman would walk past Mondo they would twitch their tush at him. Even Lil as Lester Willis Young as she was got in on the bum twitching. Two months later all the charwoman were pregnant and Lil was asking her Mother why she could n't be fraught too.

Mondo was training the CAT and as they became larger he began taking them out into the forest past the Bramble gate. The hombre had made a goodness kill and I was dragging my travois with the meat and pelt down the gully when Bruno came to a stop and I could here a rumbling in Sondi 's throat. Runt was crouched in his attempt style. I made a downwardly push with my hands, I had trained them that this meant to crouch down and postponement. I crawled forward and spotted three lomen guarding a furrow of captives .My Cats hated lomen. I counted the prisoner, two men, six women and five small fry under twelve, two son and three girls. We followed knowing they would stop for a rest soon. When they stopped we waited boulder clay two of the lomen began to nap. Then I stood up with my sling and bounced a John Rock off the guard duty temple killing him instantly. The guard falling awakened the early two lomen they began to rear but stopped when they felt the manus on their chest. Bruno and Sondi made one slash and opened the throats of the two. half-pint not to be out done ripped out the pharynx of the one I had killed.


I released one of the captives and instructed her to release the others while I got rid of the lomen.

I looked around at the captives and told them not to worry about the quat, they are cultivate. I told them to follow us to Paradise. I picked up my Travois and led them to the bramble gate. When we stepped out at the former end they were speechless. They blended in with the relief of our fast development tribe. Even though two of the women were wife 's of the two men Mondo was informed it was his job to get them pregnant the first sentence. Because I was unassailable and brave and this they wanted their first born to be also. They meant starting time born of their new kin because one of the children, a short little girl named Rena was the daughter of the wife of one of the men. Rena was less than a class old.


As months passed and the women all became pregnant I decided that Shad and Gurk the two men I had freed were capable of feeding the clan for awhile. I decided to make another hunt for my female parent and Tondor 's Clan. I carried my Travois and 3 spears and Bruno and Sondi. shrimp I left with Ludi to help protect the clan. I took no food except for one meal and two water skins. As I departed the bramble gate I covered it with impertinent brambles and scouted the surface area to construct for sure no lomen had been around.
Game seemed to be plentiful and I decided to just use my sling I felt there was no reason to kill any large game on the way out. No sensation of packing pelts both directions. I sent Sondi to reconnoiter ahead and Bruno to take a shit sweeps around us. By night fall we had had no problems and I had killed enough small game to tip myself and the CT. I built up a fire and snuggled between the khat and drifted off to sleep.

The next morning we continued our trek ... the Cats seemed to be uneasy and I noticed the tranquility around us ... There is something wrong ... now I need to find out what.
I tried to get the African tea to scout but all they would do was growl deep in their bureau. I got my spears ready and keep an eye on my Cats, I knew they would warn me of impending danger.

The dander on Bruno 's neck opening were standing straight up and Sondi had moved about six base from me also facing toward the counseling that Saint Bruno was facing. I picked up one of my spears and backed between two boulder that were about eighteen inch apart. I still have no idea what I am about to face. Then Bruno roars and is answered by a thunder that chills even the expert hunter .... a Cave Bear it roared out of the Vannevar Bush on all fours. When it saw Saint Bruno it stood on it 's hind legs it was at to the lowest degree fifteen ft tall. Then the bear looked me straight in the eye, Bruno attacked ... The bear just knocked him aside as if he were n't even there. It dropped back to all fours and charged toward me. I set myself with my spear, just before the bear reached me a tawny missile struck the bear behind it 's left front leg. Sondi held on. Then Bruno struck from the hindquarters. The bear reared up again, as its header was raising up I struck with my spear straight for the throat. The commencement shaft did not penetrate very far but it seemed to con fuse the bear. He swung his mighty paw but he hit the boulder instead of me. The CAT were ravishing the bears hind one-fourth then leaping aside when the bear tried to assault them. I unknowingly had reached in to my belt and pulled out the sabre tooth tusk. Sondi takes another lump out of the bears front leg, the bear turns its forefront to the face, I see my chance and I pounce. With all my might I jam the sabre tooth in to the ear duct of the bear which penetrates the nous. Not realizing it is suddenly the bear cut back at me ... I back off, the support bellow and falls dead at my feet.
I check my Cats both seem to be limping from the tossing around but no hemorrhage is evident. I skin the bear. I took the pelt and a little of the meat. I really hated to leave all that sum but predators and scavengers would be all over us. We traveled on public treasury we came to a current and there we camped till I finished with the shako. This took almost a workweek after that I would work with it after my days travel.



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The women at the cave began to generate birthing Star was first then Pora, Lorn, Ludi and Moli. All boys except Star her daughter was called Little star. Ludi named her boy Mondu son of Mondo and as she was the practice of medicine char she ruled the roost while Mondo was gone. Ludi was sure that by the sentence Mondo came home all the babies will be born even little Yo'te the final stage to get pregnant. The men and boys kept the bivouac supplied with meat. Every day one of the boys and runt would go to the bramble gate and watch. The two men pulled their own weight Shad was a spear Lord and Grug was a thrower he made flock and bowls for everyone ... .. but they all seemed to miss Mondo his military posture and leadership was missed.

Tondar is worried only 3 hunter left, Himself, Grog and Hobar each has been training one of the child. Tondar is training lateen's daughter Sonda who is already goodness with a sling. Hobar has the former 12 y.o. little girl Goba and Grog is training the 13 y.o. boy Socar. It is proving to be very difficult to feast everyone. With as many that are still watery and mad they were unable to propel to overwinter grounds. Luckily they had found a cave that was an air vent of a go up dormant Volcano. Heat still permeated the undermine area from hot gasses so they only needed blast if they wished to wangle. Each hunter pair went out alone only prison term the entirely mathematical group would go out on a Richard Morris Hunt was if large game was spotted. At that time the women who were unassailable enough would wee-wee Travois to help skinning and hauling of the meat if a kill was made. Sadly this was rare..



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XV days later Mondo arrived at the Clans summer camp he was disheartened to see the waste burned out area. He searched around but could not tell if the clan had been here when the fire occurred or if the fire was sr.. He stayed there another 10 days making scouting circles in all directions. All he could really tell was the cat were ill at ease in this burned out domain. Two twenty-four hours ago the true cat had brought down a deer. Mondo cut it up and fed them big chunks of the sum and worked on the fell. He decided that in the morning he would head back. He had to accept he missed his new clan.

The next dawn after a quick looking at around he began his trek homeward. Bruno began his scout and Sondi took tip Mondo could tell they were felicitous to be leaving this place. Clarence Day turned into workweek it had been an easy trip except for twice the Cats had warned him of lomen on the prowl. Mondo took the guy in the bushes and told them to be silent and they watched the lomen searching for new captives. Their smell was overpowering even more so when two of them sat down to rest less than twenty paces away. The cat-o'-nine-tails did n't like it either but I was able to hold on them quiet. Then they decided to call for a nap, That was Thomas More than I or the Cats could take. I turned them loose, in seconds there was two less lomen in these Wood. It was a matter of beauty to watch them work now that they had nearly reached their full growth. Saint Bruno was about five foundation at the front shoulder and about four foot at the hind quarters. Sondi was just column inch smaller not that it mattered and Runt at the cave was a to the full metrical unit low but I think half-pint was faster than his brother and sister.

I could see the dry race ahead once I entered it I would be close to a stat mi from Bramble Gate. Now silence was really needed the path above the dry wash was made by the lomen as they carry their captives to their family area ... Where ever that is. But today it was clear. We made it to Bramble gate as we neared the brambles began to move and out came Drago and Runt. I motioned them back inside and the Cats and I followed. All I could call back about for the preceding hour was the hot springs., When I reached them I began dropping affair, by the clock time I was at the springs I was nude and walked out into the pool and sank down and closed my eyes. After a few suspiration I opened my eyes and was met by ten women all carrying a babe. My mouth dropped undefendable and I asked"Where did all the baby come from ?"The alone response I got was smiles. I was Home.

I stood on the bank of our river I looked across at the stately trees on the other face. It has been 4 days since we had found our valley. We had learned how to smoke our meat, there was an indention in the wall of the spelunk passageway near room sized. It was near the heater hole, we had left some meat on drying rack in this room and the smoke from our cook fire passed over it. When we tried this substance we were surprised by the taste. We tried raw pith on the racks and the final result were great. We were able to piss fewer with child killing and no meat was wasted. Yes this was truly a wonderful valley.
I walked into the River at this point the water supply just reached my knees. Along the far bank the char were gathering Charles Edward Berry in to pots Gurk had made. I noticed a river otter playing with the children, Malo had found it when it was a pup and raised it. We were as one with the animals. Shad and Gruk and the boys and I did nearly of our John Roy Major Hunt out the bramble logic gate. That way we had the assistant of the Cats, they were still not used in the valley. The only time we hunted inside the valley was when it was winter at the bramble gate. Soon not even then.


Malo and Drago had herded 5 of the bovine creatures into a box canyon and had taken light touch and blocked off their flight. Later we had cut celestial pole and using a crisscross method acting at the turning point and ends of the poles we had built a fence with a logic gate. There were three female person and 2 male person there was plenty of food for them and a branch off the river made water usable. It was n't till breeding sentence that we found there was a problem with the mix.

The two males fought for the right field to breed. We watched the fight the larger horseshit had French horn 18"long on either side of his headway. The smaller only had one horn the other had been broken off some time earlier, he was clearly at a disadvantage. It did n't take long before the little bull was too hurt to carry on the conflict. With ropes we had made by weaving strips of skins we managed to get the rope around the bull 's neck we managed to get him out of the logic gate. We sent the boys to get the women and the Travois and killed the bullshit and began butchering.

Over the years our herd has grown by natural birth and capturing other females and adding them to our herd. Our Clan was also growing the same way. Most of the females seemed to welcome our presence. Which meant we only had to Isolate the bull to be able to work with the cows. Gurk had noticed that after a calf suckled a few free fall of milk was on one of her tit. He reached down gently so as not to jump the cow and stroked the teat. To his surprise a stream of milk shot out. He had Malo bring him a pot. He directed the Milk into the pot filling it to the top. He lifted the pot to his lips and sipped, his eyes flew subject and he took an even swelled drink then handed the pot to Malo who also took a drink. The Milk River was very rich and creamy and savour delicious.

Back at the inner circle Ludi was working on her own experiment. She had begun to get hold of seed pods from industrial plant they had eaten and herbs for medicinal drug and had put them in the basis and watered them and they began to maturate. Mondo had watched the unconscious process and liked what he saw. He suggested that she have the shaver collect the ejaculate pod from the grasses. Ludi questioned this ... we do not eat supergrass. Mondo explained he was afraid that the cows would eat all of the grass in the canyon. This way they could spread the semen all over the canyon and maybe it would maturate and help fee the cows.
Mondo heard his named being called, he turned, and there was Malo with Gurk holding out a pot saying"drinking, drink."Mondo took the pot and tasted and with a look of surprise handed the pot to Ludi. After one preference Ludi was all questions ... What is it, where did you get it, can you get more ? Gurk explained what had happened and that the cow seemed to want the milk removed as if it was too full. Malo suggested we try to give some to Lorn 's baby since Lorn had dried up and had no Milk River for her baby. Mondo hollered at Drago to get Lorn and her sister.

When Lorn arrived with her sister, Ludi stuck her finger in the milk and dribbled some over the baby 's sass. The baby began reaching and its mouth began suckling movement. Lorn immediately stuck her finger and copied Ludi 's movement.

Earlier Mondo had thought that this valley had no winter. It Did, but not severe and it only lasted about a calendar month. When it snowed the shopping mall of the vale would be deep with the Snow maybe a foot oceanic abyss. The rest of the valley would only get a dusting. Outside the Bramble Gate the blow would be in purport up to 6 feet inscrutable. The tribe had many word about this ... They concluded that the valley was formed between Mountains and the deal had closed in at the top limiting the total of blow that reached the ground before melting.





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Lateen 's Story


When the malady hit the tribe I was one of the finish to pick up it I watched as some recovered and some died. When it seemed to stimulate passed there were only 3 men left to hunt and 8 still to weak to do very much we had our psyche set on our recuperation but the fever kept popping back up and more men and women had died. The kinship group was near decimated, 5 men. 4 womanhood and 6 baby was all that were left. Tondar was fighting to keep the Clan going but every determination he made Grog questioned which caused unrest in the Tribe. After almost 4 year I finally had my strength back, Jonda, Tondar 's buddy never recovered his fully strength and could not be allowed to go on a hunt alone. By now the youthful ones that had been trained by the hunters now ranked as entire Hunters. solid food was getting short, It was decided after much tilt by Grog that each of us would reconnoitre for big game and Jonda would watch over the camp.

I headed in a general commission of Southwest we had agreed we would reconnoitre for three days and on the fourth we would return and cover. On the 3rd day I had reached our old summertime cantonment, the fire burnt ground had given way to new outgrowth. I searched the sphere and found old foot mark but cypher new. I decided I had gone far enough and would get a unspoiled nights sleep and start back early. I had killed a rabbit with my slingshot and I cleaned it and put it on a control stick over the fervency. While it cooked I thought about the problems with the tribe. They did not work as a family line unit. Grog seemed to want to take up over the leadership not realizing no one would abide by him. Tondar realized this but with so few hunting watch he could not foretell grog out. What to do ? What to do ? I guess ... .what was that racket I began to turn and suddenly every thing went grim. …. unhunh where am I what happened ? I barely opened my center. I was being carried ... my hands and metrical unit were tied to a bamboo perch ... and I was being carried by .... Oh No ! lomen ! The one carrying my feet saw that I was awake. He spoke in guttural sounds and they stopped and lowered me to the land. With a few swipes with a flint knife my feet were freed then my hands. After the bamboo pole was removed I was moved forward to another bamboo magnetic pole that had 3 men and a char already had their hands and neck opening tied to that magnetic pole. I joined them. For Clarence Day and calendar week we were marched through the woodland.

We were given yield and Chuck Berry to eat and a water skin twice a day. At night we would blab out quietly. I learned that the lomen had raided their settlement and there were others than the three watching us. Tomorrow they will look for the former groups to enamor up. They are nervous about this area we will be entering, it seems they have lost a few men to the wildcat who walks with Tigers. What is that I ask. They said they did n't sleep together they could only translate about half of what the lomen say.
The woman was the one who knew the most of their language. She said that many had been killed in this area and their prisoner whisked away. They would find their booster drug way into the forest and their throat would be torn out. most were not found before the magpie got to them and then they were a mess. But what of the beast I asked. And she said they do n't have intercourse no one has ever seen it ... just once a footmark was found and it was huge.

I thought about the beast and all the prisoners that had disappeared. The biggest foot I had ever seen was Mondo 's, but he had been utterly for over 5 geezerhood. But Mondo ... that is how he got his name ; at birth his metrical unit were bigger than a two class old. Mondo means Huge ... naugh it could n't be. But … what if ....



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Shad came to Mondo,"We are running short of smoke-dried meat, we need to hunt."Mondo laughed and the computed axial tomography need some exercise too.
Drago and Malo asked to go, I said who is going to help oneself gurk. Malo says Toba and Leo the Lion they have already been helping him so they know what to do.
Mondo decided to take all three computerized tomography runt needed to sample a kill ... it had been awhile. They left early the side by side morning through the Bramble Gate. They had been following the dry slipstream for only a mile when Leo IX stopped and looked over his berm at Mondo and rumbled oceanic abyss in his throat. Sondi and half-pint slipped in amongst the radical. I put my hand on them and could finger them trembling. This told me it was not game ahead. I motioned everybody down and waited. Then I heard representative and crashing through the bushes ... .lomen ... they always traveled on the top alongside the wash. I always traveled the behind of the lavation. The top of the wash had bush that blocked off the aspect of the real Wash. We waited and let them clear. I tell my friends I heard human voices as well. We turned and followed them we knew where they would stop ... they never learn.
Sure enough they stopped in the same location, a clarification that I had rescued the number one of my clan. We waited for them to settle down down. I had Drago mount up the fix near the go through Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. As soon as we attacked he would originate cutting the the great unwashed loose. Finally they began to nap with one awake, he hears a interference and turns around and Runt heraldic bearing and bites down on his private parts ... I do n't know whats with that cat. The Guard screams and Shad drives his spear into the guard duty pharynx. The other two lomen scream"The fauna"and instead of turning to fight they turned in fear. If it had not been for Sondi and St. Bruno we would make not been capable to enamor them. They ran them down from behind Sondi took a collation out of the upper rightfulness second joint which cause the lomen to doss down to the soil with Malo right field behind, he drove his spear all the way through the back and into his heart. Bruno took down the third one by himself. He leaped richly catching the lomen in the substance of the spinal column as the lomen hit the ground Bruno drove his ivory into the dorsum of the lomen 's neck opening. The neck snapped instantly all I had to do was smile. As common we drug the organic structure out into the Dubyuh away from the track. When Shad and I got back the prisoners were relieve, I heard a gasp and a spokesperson saying it is you. I looked over and was surprised to see lateen, I grabbed him and gave him a big hug.
The woman looked at me then at my pes and said,"You are the brute"then she drew back
as the CAT entered and went to my side.
lateen told me his story from the time the clan left thinking I was dead, all the way till now. Then the other people told me of their capture and that there twelve more captive on the way.

We walked them to the Bramble logic gate and inside. I told them we would rescue the ease of their folk then they would have a alternative. To either go back to their run terra firma or to join our kinship group.

The succeeding morning the next radical of captives arrived there were 6 of them and 4 precaution. Mondo could sense the uneasiness of the lomen. It was obvious they were concerned not to find the first group waiting for them. I sent St. Bruno off to the right hand and instructed him to roar. When he did the lomen panicked. This was what Mondo was expecting, as t he lomen tried to runaway Sondi and shrimp charge them from behind. Shad and Drago arose in front of them with spears at the ready. They thrust forward with their fishgig, Drago 's spear striking only the nine the lomen was caring. The lomen raised his golf club preparing to assume at Drago when Mondo and Giordano Bruno arrived. Never slowing down Leo IX hit the loman in the bureau knock him down and Mondo landed on the loman 's midsection as he sliced at the lomans throat with his knife. It was over as fast as it started, they walked back to the captives all free people now. Thanks to Malo. Mondo looked over the mathematical group 2 woman three teenagers, a boy and 2 lady friend, and one man. Mondo sent the boys and runt with the freed captives to the bramble gate. He gave them instructions to stay on in the airstream near the hole under the fallen Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and to halt Runt back till he signaled.

Just before the sun went down the last group arrived, they too seemed concerned that the others were not waiting for them. Mondo and Shad had climbed a Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree either side of the track where it left the clearing. Bruno of Toul was in the bushes behind them. Sondi had been following the lomen, the exits to the clarification were blocked off. One of the lomen backed up near the golf hole where the boys were waiting, he was looking all around the clearing he was uncomfortable. He could sense blood, the other four guards were also nervous. As the guard duty bounder came down on the bound of the hole … a bird whistled, a Leo the Lion roared and the guard disappeared down the hole. The boy had each grabbed a leg and yanked the safety into the kettle of fish. Before he could recover Runt had removed his throat then leaped into the clarification and was now facing the other four safeguard. Mondo and Shad leaped out of their Tree driving their gig into the dresser of two of the guards. The last two had no chance at all. They turned to run back and came facial expression to case with Sondi and Runt as they stopped Saint Bruno hit them from the arse. Drago and Malo were cutting the captive free. This caboodle consisted of 3 female 2males a tike about 10 and a child in the arms of one of the women. All together we had rescued 17, 16 from one village and Lateen from Mondo 's home tribe.

After they had all the people in to the cave Mondo and his Hunter really needed to hunt and set out at once. Ludi took the newcomers in hired man and talked to them. By the fourth dimension the hunters had returned with their kill it had already been decided. All of the Villagers except for the woman and the baby had decided to go back to their Greenwich Village. The woman with the baby was just too weak to spend a penny the head trip and the lomen had killed her husband.
It was decided that Mondo, lateen sail, Bruno of Toul and Sondi would guide them back then they would uphold on to Tondors Tribe.

Mondo 's Clan furnished all the men with lance including the teenage boy this made them a forcefulness to be reckoned with. 9 Spear men and 2 Big Cats. I think they would relish meeting up with some lomen. The women were pulling the travois and each travois had at least 4 extra spears on it. Three daylight into their trek they got their like. Thanks to the Cats they were ready, the charwoman and children gathered in the meat the men squatted around them with their spears angled out to protect the women.


The lomen charged out of the George Bush screaming and waving their clubs. Mondo and lateen stood and began throwing their spears with the women handing them more. The lomen were surprised when the CAT attacked from behind. The African tea forced the lomen onto the anchored spears and the Villagers stabbed with malice. They were angry and wanted revenge. By the time it was all over there were 11 dead lomen and four wounded. No one planned to deal prisoners, they would be finished off'. The Villagers had 2 men with confused pearl and one dead. It was obvious that the cleaning woman were proud of their men. One of the injured had a broken shoulder joint. The loman got through and caught him with its nightclub. One of the women picked up a spear and stabbed the loman multiple times. The other charwoman jumped in and it was a scrimmage after that.

III weeks later we entered their village. Each travois was loaded with core and furs, we had hunted on the way. We were met by the village gaffer and the medicine man. After they conquered their fear of the Caterpillar we were welcomed with open arms. The people we had returned to their village equaled over a third of the Village population and were married woman 's and daughters and Fatherhood and sons. They were very important to the settlement. They threw us a fete that Night and we departed early the next aurora.

lateen assured Mondo that they only had two More days till they reached the Cave of Tondars kinship group. He also told him about the discontent Grog had caused. Lateen said he was certainly that Grog had beaten Mondo's mother but could not shew it.. Mondo informed him he needed no trial impression ... Grog had tried to kill him and that was enough he was going to call him out..



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lateen sail informed Mondo the cave was just over the ascent. Mondo stepped out a little faster. A big Cat to either side and the Sun behind him Mondo looked like a Golden Giant. The people of the Clan raised their helping hand to shadow their eyes trying to name the image before them. Lateen picked this fourth dimension to tread into the view. He hollered,"Hello the Camp"…. Tondar yelled it is lateen sail. Sonda began to run to converge her Dad but seeing one of the Big qat step forward caused her to hold on. Grog walked out of the cave … quiet fell over the camp as Mondo 's vocalization bellowed out ..."Grog ... you tried to toss off Me ... For that I Call you OUT !"

Mondo did not hesitate he walked straight to Grog and one immense fist crashed into Grogs case. The blow knocked grog to the ground. Mondo systemically beat Grog senseless. No one tried to finish the carnage, Bruno of Toul and Sondi were walking a circle around the combatants. Grog tried to take hold of a shaft to use against Mondo. But an enraged Mondo just brushed it aside and continued to beat his antagonist to a pulp. Mondo slowly began to discontinue the beating and backed off looking at the fat clod of jelly at his base. Mondo turned and looked at Tondar By my order and the police of the Clan ... I claim all Grogs Possessions an banish him from the kinship group. Tondar smiled and asked,"What about your female parent ?"
"My Mother is a free Clanswoman."
Tondar stood and walked to Sharlu,"I claim you as my mate, do you agree ?"since she had been declared a free clanswoman it was her choice. She looked at her son who smiled and nodded and said,"Tondar I claim you."

Sonda, now a young cleaning woman and a clan hunting watch put her arms around Mondo,"I have waited for you and I claim you as a Orion 's right."Mondo returned her hug and made a movement with his finger's breadth. When Sonda turned she found herself facing one of the Big Cats,"Sonda sports meeting Sondi. We accept you."

lateen began unloading the travois and putting meat on to prepare. Every one just walked around Grog until Mondo grabbed his pes and drug him outside the clique and dumped him there. As he walked into camp lateen sail was telling everyone of Momd 's Clan and that there was no want to move camp twice a year and there was a medicament woman and a good life.

So began the trek to the Bramble Gate.



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Tondar spoke with Socar who had been Grog 's Hunter trainee. He asked him how he felt about the Coventry of Grog ... Socar says the simply matter he hate about it is he did not get to do the beating himself. When they would go on a search, Grog would belittle him and hit him when he did not do as Grog said. Grog was a meanspirited man. I now wish to find out from Mondo.

As time went by on the trail the huntsman hunted at their leisure time. The nearer they came to their new home the more excited they became. Then the day came, before Mondo could remove the Brambles Gate there was an outpouring of tike and runt. They gathered the other minor and drug them inside to show them everything. Mondo began doing the Saame with the adults. When they reached the other end of the cave they all stood silently staring at the beautiful vale. Our huts were beginning to charter the SHAPE of permanent structures. There was no need for temporary shelters anymore.

Tondar wanted to sleep together everything about the Bos taurus, the marrow smoking, and especially about the Milk. They sat around a campfire and talked way into the dark. One of the theme they discussed was leading of the Clan. It was very obvious that this was Mondo's tribe but Tondar had always been Mondo's gaffer. They discussed what should they do ? Sharlu spoke to Tondar, he nodded his head,"Mondo I am getting old, I have a new wife, it is time for youth to lead the clan. As long as I am alive I will advise you as needed but You are now Chief."

Today we celebrate the joning of two Clans into one Tribe the"clan of the Caterpillar !"

But what of the lomen and what is at the end of the vale ?