Mondo 's Clan


I am Mondo when my tarradiddle began I was 16 years old. My Fatherhood was killed by a spelunk bear 5 eld earlier and my mother was claimed by Grog .... Grog hates me.

The men are gathering for a hunt, we are traveling to a summer camp and penury to take in 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 feet make me gawky.

The men are ready to hound and the forefront man Tondor calls us to move out. Lateen has spotted a ruck of Bison not to far from our cantonment. We will shack them and set up an ambush. Tondor tells Grog and I to motivate ahead on the right while Lateen and Gorbus does the same to the left.

I ease behind a careen with my spear in hand when something startles the herd and they began running towards me. I hear a grunt and feeling over my shoulder and see Grog swinging his club at my head. My movement caused the bump to be a stunning nose candy 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 path and my lifeless body rolled under its branches.

I opened my eye, my head distress and I could hardly see. I try to digest but could not. I check and I still had my water skin. I took a deglutition and poured some over my head. Slowly very slowly I began to come to my locoweed. Grog tried to obliterate me before I could challenged him.

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

I found my spear and using it as a staff I made my way back to pack. Before I made it to the camp area I realized something was very wrongly, no sess, as I rounded the boulder that marked the entrance to the box canon where the inner circle had been for months. Before me was a barren area no huts no people ... I was alone ... I collapsed to the flat coat.

The clan probably thought I was abruptly, Grog would sustain told them that I got caught in the stampede. That was when I also realized that I did not live how foresightful I was out, as weak as I felt it could suffer been days. I knew where there were some Chuck Berry vines near by and I went to them that at to the lowest degree gave me a bit of nourishment.

After I had eaten my filling of the berries I made my way back to where the stampede had occurred. I followed in the Bison 's wake. I do n't know what I was expecting but … where else was I to go, I had been following for hour when I noticed a carcass. As I drew near I could see a lance sticking out of the Bison 's belly. It must have eluded the tribe and died slowly. I took my flint knife and began the mental process of skinning it. Before I was half done I decided to work up a fire to maintain predators away. I gathered woodwind instrument and pulled out my fire Harlan Stone struck them together and directed the sparkle to the spunk and in bit I had my flame I fed it larger pieces of wood money box I had a raging fire.



I cut off some of the inwardness and placed it on a pit near the fire. Just by stroke, a few years ago a lump of meat was dropped into the coals of our fire. Some meter later my Father noticed the tantalizing smell from the cooking meat he raked it out, brushed it off and took a collation. We each tried a piece of the ready marrow and now often cooked our meat. I stood up from placing the core and went back to the skinning of the bison.

There was a watercourse near by so I decided to just stick right where I was. I made Racks and hung man of heart and soul to smoke and to dry. I staked out the Bison skin and began to scrape the hide and tan it.
I stayed there for a workweek and ate my fill and although I heard predators almost every night my flak seemed to keep them at bay. I found some small trees with unbent trunk about an inch to an in and a half in diameter. I cut two about eight feet recollective then I cut little ace to bring in a spread head of about three foot. These I tied to the longer magnetic pole to piddle a travois. I cut a lot of thin flight strip from the Bison skin for this and to a greater extent to tie the skin 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 dependable than he had planed, Mondo had fell right in front of the stampede. He laughs to himself nil leftfield of Mondo.

Tondor regretted the loss of Mondo for Mondo was fast becoming the substantially Orion in the kindred. They had looked for him but Grog had seen him fall in front of the stampede so there was not much sense in too long of a search.

They had traveled many years to their summertime Camp only to identify that there had been a forest fervidness during the winter and the orbit was nothing but ash tree. Tondor decided to plough North east in lookup of new land.

Mondo 's mother was sure that Grog was at faulting for her Word death but was afraid to say anything. She knew that Grog would beat her and leave her behind. So she kept her opinion to herself.
lateen 's daughter Sonda was heartbroken ... Even though she was only eleven she had a crush on Mondo. Mondo was the grandiloquent, strongest and most handsome and Sonda knew that one day he would nibble her ... She just had to uprise a little bit ... well since her chest was flat tire and she was as skinny as a bamboo shoot, maybe a lot of growing.

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Mondo lifted the poles to his berm and began his hunting for the kinship group. It was at least a synodic month to the summer camp. He had made a sling from a duet of strands cut from the bison skin and kept the triangular bandage in his hired hand 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 Wisconsinite fur when he heard a holler ... He grabbed his spear and turned, he barley had fourth dimension to set himself as a saber-tooth Panthera tigris launched itself toward him. Mondo dropped to his knee joint and steadied his spear. The tiger hit the shaft and drove the spear into its chest the military force of the impact carried the tiger over and retiring Mondo ripping the spear out of his manpower. Mondo grabbed for his Flint River knife and leaped on to the tigers back and with the razor acute flint tongue attacked the throat of the tiger. The force of the Tiger landing broke the lance in one-half. The sword of the spear pierced the pump of the fauna as it slung Mondo off its dorsum. It roared then dropped at Mondo 's feet … short. Mondo had closed his heart because he knew he was dead ... nothing happened …. he opened his eyes to see the tiger at his feet, then he shook.

He had no time to fall apart. He gathered wood and build a large fire. He began skinning the Tiger noting the fact that it was a female and looked like it may have been nursing. Mondo staked out the tiger skin out to ready scraping easier. Then he drug the carcass away from camp. Returning to the camp he found three kittens eating his rabbits that he had planned on having himself. Well he thought that answers the question about if the Tiger had outfit or not.. Mondo picked up the lapin and deposit them on sticks over the flack. He cut the badger into pocket-size pieces 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 Tamil Tigers carcass ... it was almost clean cypher but osseous tissue left. He looked around and found the head and removed the Saber- tooth. Being about six inches long they would be well for stabbing. He headed back to tent the outfit were playing and nipping at the badger bones. He staked out the tiger skin and went to work on scrapping.

Mondo lifted the poles and started off it had been three days preparing the tiger tegument, the kits played around his feet. They would take away a few stride and look back and mew. Then run to catch up then repeat, they were not for certain what to do for Mondo kept on walk. This went on for over an hour then the kit started drifting farther back. Until Mondo heard a doleful cry and an answering growl .... a brush wolf looking for an tardily meal. Why ? Mondo does not know but he dropped the rod grabbed the half lance and attacked the brush wolf. Being a Sir Noel Pierce Coward the coyote ran away … well just out of ambit ... Mondo scratched his head wondering why he did some of the matter he did. He walked back to the tire and scar outfit and picked up one turned it over … it was a male he said"You are Bruno ”. The succeeding had brindle stripes and was female for some reason it reminded him of Lateen 's daughter,"You are Sondi."The last one was small but male Mondo laughed at the struggle and said"You are Runt."He carried them back to the carrier and placed them on the skin. They settled down to catch some Z's.

As the days passed the kits would get down from the carrier run and caper till they tired then they would climb back up and go to slumber. Mondo began to notice a little chill in the air he began to worry that there might be a late snow tempest coming. He started searching for a lieu to hold up and wait it out. With the aid of his triangular bandage he had tidy sum of centre to last so that was no vexation but he did need to find a true Pole to get into a fishgig. Another hour of walk and he noticed a stand of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree that had a few saplings the perfect length for his spear ... if he could recover the right stones maybe he could chipping out three or four spear forefront. He began to face for good Flint and collected a few and cut down a few saplings.

As Mondo set down to began shaping the spear oral sex he heard a howler, He took his half fizgig and moved off in the direction of the howler. He was walking in a dry stream bed, as he walked he would plunk up rocks to use with his sling if needed. He could secernate he was getting close by the grunting just ahead of him. As he rounded a twist he saw something he had only heard about. Before him was what his dad had called lomen their bodies were twisted as was their faces they were eater of men. The lomen were broad in the body and strong and there were three of them. One of them was eating on the leg bone of a man they had ripped apart. The other two were trying to displume something from under the bramble George Bush next to the Rock. From the riot I could tell it was a female and that the thorn was all that was between her and these monsters. I loaded my sling and let fly hitting the eater in the temple ... he dropped the leg and fell forward. I reloaded just as one of the early turned toward me I let fly the Rock catching him in the stem headland. Before I could recharge the lowest one had turned and charged me.

Before he could extend to me three tawny dynamos went streaking past one grabbed an ankle, one grabbed the most secret parts causing him to resurrect his point which gave Bruno the luck he needed and latched on to his pharynx. As the monster went down I planted my half spear in to his chest and pressed it into his heart. I called the kit off. I had not noticed but they had grown and their Milk River teeth had been replaced by the beginning of their ivory, I chuckled that lomen probably was very surprised when those clamped on his genitals.

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I looked around and saw peewee on his belly crawling under the brambles. I heard another scream and I said do n't injure my kitten he just wants to play and you are safe now the lomen are dead.
"Who are you ?"
"I am Mondo a lone Orion lost from my Clan."“ I am going to cut the Brambles back"I took my tongue and cleared an opening through the brambles. I was surprised to come up there was a cave behind the brambles. The hatchway was about four foundation across and tall but once in side the cave it was at least eight foot tall. As I entered the kickoff thing I saw was an eight yr old playing with runt beside her was her mother and three other cleaning lady and two son about ten. The man who had been ripped apart was the only grownup male with them. They were looking at me with fear, I glanced to either side and realized that Bruno and Sondi were escorting me. I will be right back I will get rid of the soundbox and get my gear and then I will return. I drug the organic structure a in effect elbow room away so piranha would not make out close to the cave. I checked them for weapon system but all they had was cabaret, which I had no use for.

I drug my travois inside the cave and made legion trips back outside to bring in firewood. Then I drug the Brambles back to cover the entrance.
Then I looked at the people still standing in the Same situation that I had left them.."Please at least sit down, I am not here to bruise you if you wish to bequeath I will not break off you. Do what you wish."

I decided to depart them alone and light a blast. I unloaded the travois and spread the the furs the kitten crawled right on the pelt and Lil the eight year old who had been playing with half-pint followed him onto the pelt. One by one they began to sit on the fur and the boys asked if it was alright to pet the kittens. Sondi answered by rubbing on their legs, Bruno of Toul was not far behind. I continued getting the fire started and started some hare to roasting. I am Mondo I will finish telling my story. I noticed that some of the smoke drifted down the cap line of work of the cave then disappeared. I lit a duration of wood and and used it as a torch. I walked farther in to the undermine the two boy and Sondi and Bruno of Toul followed. About fifty base inward we found a current that ran along the right wing rampart. The Arabian tea smelled the water and took a potable. I dipped my manus in, the water supply was stale and sweet. We walked on for about a hundred feet the cave made a go to the leftfield and opened up to a vast room with a consortium almost twenty dollar bill to thirty infantry across. There was some kind 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 elbow room and could see an porta ahead of me. When I reached the hatchway I was shocked to see a beautiful vale. A river flowed from out of the ground at the bag of the mountain. untamed game was abundant, berries were evident as well as herbs 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 every one here."I continued to gaze at the Valley trying to judge its size the ripe surmise was it was at to the lowest degree 10 mi long and 5 across-the-board but would know bettor when I had a chance to explore.

While the boy were gone I walked out into the vale and looked around. I felt like I was household, the cave had shelter and impudent water and the Valley had all the food we could eat. I was standing in figurehead 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 offset 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 warm up. 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 principal the other two woman spoke together"we need to go get our things."I knew then I had been accepted for, our thing they refer too was the token I had unloaded from my travois. But they were mighty we needed the things moved to this end .We all went back together.

The kickoff Night we slept on the fur it was unaired quiescence, in the middle of the night I awoke with an arm draped across my eubstance stroking my chest and stomach.. I started to turn over when a voice said shhhh. I lay there enjoying the feeling and not knowing who was doing the rubbing. That night I had pleasant ambition. And when I awoke the next morning the ma'am were out gathering herbs Ludi was directing them ... that 's when I found out she was a medicine woman learner, And Lil 's mother.
The other ladies, Pori seventeen, Moli nineteen and Star twenty five were not related to the male child, Drago and Malo were similitude but not identical, .they did not hump what had happened to their parents.

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The unhurt group had been tied together after being captured by the lomen. They had been walking for hr when the leader of the lomen called a halt. He pointed to three of his group and oral presentation in a language they did not understand. Ludi assumed he was assigning the three to follow them. Their guards pushed them down near a large belt down tree diagram. The lomen had not noticed that there was a golf hole under the tree which led to the dry stream bed and eventually to the cave. Lil found the hole. She told her mother and Ludi whispered to the others. Then they waited. Later into the Night the lomen began to drowse when she felt it rubber 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 noise to awaken the lomen. They ran as fast as they could then Ludi saw the brambles and every one tried to dislocate 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 piddle sure no one was injured. And they all stood there in awe not knowing what to do next.

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Mondo began working on his spears he stripped the bark from the saplings. And stood the hafts near the fire to begin the drying out and hardening of the dick. He took the rock and began working on the vane for the spearheads. Drago and Malo sat closing watching his every movement. Mondo looked around and spotted the kitten following the cleaning woman and playing. The womanhood seemed to take the comportment of the Saber-tooth khat as natural. After making four spear blades and rotating the putz Mondo decided it was fourth dimension to look over the Valley. He gather a few rock music and his sling and motioned to the boys, they fell in behind him.

Mondo saw a small herd of bison, many rabbits, a variety of birds and laughingstock and sheep and many former animals. They all seemed to be solid food animals former than small carnivores there did not seem to be any turgid predators. There was no evidence of Tigers, bears or woman chaser. The most dangerous fauna he saw was bovine. One breed had trumpet about six animal foot in distance. The cervid population was abundant and they counted the stop on a large stag as three handwriting plus two fingerbreadth. I thought about what I had done … into this peaceful valley I had introduced three top of the parentage predators. They may be Whitney Young now but … one day. I guess I would give to prepare them. And let them hunt in the timber from the bramble bush entree. I decided my estimate of the sizing of the Valley was closely very close but probably the valley was a bit larger. In the length Mondo could see a sorry domain which he felt could be another cave ... maybe another exit. One day he vowed to walk all of the valley ... Then he would know.

When he and the son returned the coterie seemed to be evacuate ... Mondo was worried, with spear at the ready he entered camp. Then he heard laughter from inside the cave. He and the boys entered the cave and was met with the sight of whiz completely nude person and the others all waist trench in the pool ... also nude. They saw him and the male child and waved to them, fare in come in there is a hot springs in the pool. Mondo looked around at the boys but was too late they had already dropped their clothes and were running for the piddle. Mondo shed his own skins to the oohs and aahs of the adult women. Mondo did n't receive to do anything just walk into the pool. The cleaning lady met him and began to dampen him even Lil tried to help but the women said no.

The scarf bandage kept us in food and skin for clothes. There was a plant that had blades that looked like brand, the thorn on the end of the blade could be broken off and a thin train of thought like piece about two groundwork long could be pulled out of the blade, this made for a perfect needle and thread. The thorn would reform after about two workweek so the acerate leaf and thread was constantly replaced as long as the sword was not cut. I taught all how to use the sling and they all seemed to be natural. It was a pleasant aliveness though I wished for more men to go after fully grown biz and … I missed my mother.


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Mondo 's mother, Sharlu, did not know how much more she could deal. Since Mondo had been killed Grog seemed to look for things to get tempestuous about ... and he beat her. Tondor saw this and tried to disregard it but he to had been casting his eyes at the comeliness of Sharlu. Ever since his married woman had died he had thought to exact a new wife, but by the police of the kindred Grog had acted first and Sharlu was his. If Tondar ever actually saw Grog whipping Sharlu .... He would challenge Grog. But now was not the time. A sickness had swept through the kin, Tobar the medicinal drug Man worked with them all until he too became sick Before it was over they had lost six baby, five men including Tobar and eight women. The kin was really hurting there was only eleven men, five adult female and ten baby. Of the ten tiddler only three were over dozen and only one was male. Some of the men were still very unaccented only three hunters were available to fertilize the clan. No Tondar thinks, today is not a upright day to challenge. Grog is needed.

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

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Today superstar asked to go on the Holman Hunt with Mondo and he agreed. They were about three miles from the camp when Star dropped to her Knees and put her head to the primer coat and pulled her clothing to the side baring her delightful laughingstock. As she wiggled her butt she tells Mondo she wants a baby. Having never done this before Mondo squatted behind her and tried to enter her. After the fourth omit Star reached between her legs, took him in deal and guided him into her velvet glove. Mondo had never felt anything like this before and he went natural state bouncing virtuoso all over the undercoat. Then he felt a strange sensation and he grabbed her hips and shoved himself all the way into Star, His acquittance was like an explosion and as the feeling receded. Mondo collapsed at sensation invertebrate foot, the rest of the forenoon was spent the same way. They finished their hunt and whizz told him the other adult female were waiting their turn. They had decided that their kin needed more people. Mondo walked around the quietus of the day with a big smile on his face just thinking … he would get to do this to the other cleaning lady too.

As they arrived back at camp everyone knew that star topology had been successful and every prison term the other women would walk past Mondo they would twitch their tail at him. Even Lil as vernal as she was got in on the tail twitching. Two months later all the fair sex were pregnant and Lil was asking her Mother why she could n't be significant too.

Mondo was training the Cats and as they became prominent he began taking them out into the forest past the Bramble logic gate. The big cat had made a serious kill and I was dragging my travois with the kernel and pelt down the gully when Giordano Bruno came to a full stop and I could here a rumble in Sondi 's throat. Runt was crouched in his tone-beginning mode. I made a downward button with my hands, I had trained them that this meant to bow down and wait. I crawled forward and spotted three lomen guarding a melodic phrase of captives .My Cats hated lomen. I counted the prisoners, two men, six women and five children under twelve, two boys and three girls. We followed knowing they would halt for a rest soon. When they stopped we waited till two of the lomen began to nap. Then I stood up with my scarf bandage and bounced a rock off the guards temple killing him instantly. The guards falling awakened the other two lomen they began to rise but stopped when they felt the manus on their chest of drawers. Giordano Bruno and Sondi made one cut and opened the throats of the two. half-pint not to be out done ripped out the throat of the one I had killed.


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

I looked around at the captives and told them not to worry about the Cats, they are tame. I told them to watch us to promised land. I picked up my Travois and led them to the bramble gate. When we stepped out at the other end they were speechless. They blended in with the rest of our truehearted growing kin group. Even though two of the fair sex were wife 's of the two men Mondo was informed it was his job to get them pregnant the first meter. Because I was stiff and brave and this they wanted their first born to be also. They meant first born of their new kindred because one of the children, a little girl named Rena was the daughter of the wife of one of the men. Rena was to a lesser extent than a class old.


As calendar month passed and the adult female all became pregnant I decided that Shad and Gurk the two men I had freed were equal to of feeding the kindred for awhile. I decided to take a leak another search for my Mother and Tondor 's Clan. I carried my Travois and 3 spears and Bruno and Sondi. Runt I left with Ludi to aid protect the clan. I took no food except for one meal and two weewee skin. As I departed the bramble gate I covered it with unused brambles and scouted the surface area to make for sure no lomen had been around.
secret plan seemed to be bountiful and I decided to just use my sling I felt there was no reason to kill any large game on the way out. No sense of packing pelts both directions. I sent Sondi to scout ahead and Bruno to urinate sweeps around us. By nighttime downslope we had had no job and I had killed enough small game to feed myself and the Caterpillar. I built up a fire and snuggled between the computerized axial tomography and drifted off to sleep.

The next dawning we continued our trek ... the bozo seemed to be uneasy and I noticed the quietness around us ... There is something wrong ... now I need to find out what.
I tried to get the Cats to reconnoitre but all they would do was grumble inscrutable in their chest. I got my spear ready and watched my computerized axial tomography, I knew they would monish me of impending danger.

The dander on Bruno of Toul 's neck were standing straight up and Sondi had moved about six feet from me also facing toward the steering that Bruno was facing. I picked up one of my fishgig and backed between two bowlder that were about eighteen inches apart. I still have no idea what I am about to aspect. Then Bruno roars and is answered by a roar that chills even the best hunter .... a undermine Bear it roared out of the bushes on all 4. When it saw Bruno it stood on it 's hind legs it was at least fifteen foot 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 4 and charged toward me. I set myself with my fishgig, just before the bear reached me a tawny projectile struck the bear behind it 's left nominal head leg. Sondi held on. Then Bruno of Toul struck from the ass. The bear reared up again, as its pass was raising up I struck with my lance straight for the throat. The first gig did not penetrate very far but it seemed to con immix the bear. He swung his mighty paw but he hit the boulder instead of me. The CAT were ravishing the bears hind quarters then leaping aside when the bear tried to aggress them. I unknowingly had reached in to my smash and pulled out the Sabre tooth tusk. Sondi takes another chunk out of the bears front leg, the bear turns its headspring to the side, I see my hazard and I pounce. With all my might I jam the Sabre tooth in to the ear canal of the bear which penetrates the head. Not realizing it is dead the contain swings back at me ... I back off, the bear roars and nightfall dead at my substructure.
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 skin and a lilliputian of the meat. I really hated to go forth all that meat but predators and pack rat would be all over us. We traveled on trough we came to a watercourse and there we camped till I finished with the busby. This took almost a hebdomad after that I would act with it after my Clarence Shepard Day Jr. travel.



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The womanhood at the cave began to give nativity Star was first then Pora, Lorn, Ludi and Moli. All male child except genius her daughter was called Little maven. Ludi named her boy Mondu son of Mondo and as she was the medicinal drug charwoman she ruled the roost while Mondo was gone. Ludi was sure that by the time Mondo came home all the babe will be born even little Yo'te the last to get significant. The men and boy kept the camp supplied with marrow. 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 Godhead and Grug was a potter he made flock and bowls for everyone ... .. but they all seemed to pretermit Mondo his military posture and leaders was missed.

Tondar is worried only 3 hunters left, Himself, Grog and Hobar each has been training one of the children. Tondar is training Lateen's daughter Sonda who is already honest with a triangular bandage. Hobar has the other 12 y.o. girl Goba and Grog is training the 13 y.o. boy Socar. It is proving to be very hard to run everyone. With as many that are still decrepit and gruesome they were unable to motivate to winter grounds. Luckily they had found a cave that was an air outlet of a near inactive Volcano. heat still permeated the cave area from hot throttle so they only needed flaming if they wished to fix. Each Orion span went out alone only time the completely grouping would go out on a Richard Morris Hunt was if large biz was spotted. At that clip the women who were warm enough would make Travois to serve skinning and hauling of the meat if a kill was made. Sadly this was rare..



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Fifteen daylight later Mondo arrived at the kindred summer camp he was disheartened to see the barren burned out area. He searched around but could not severalise if the Clan had been here when the fervidness occurred or if the fervor was older. He stayed there another 10 solar day making reconnoitering circles in all directions. All he could really secernate was the Caterpillar were nervous in this burned out area. Two 24-hour interval ago the cats had brought down a cervid. Mondo cut it up and fed them big chunks of the meat and worked on the hide. He decided that in the sunrise he would head back. He had to let in he missed his new clan.

The next morning after a quick expression around he began his trek homeward. Bruno began his scout and Sondi took item Mondo could tell they were happy to be leaving this plaza. Days turned into weeks it had been an promiscuous trip-up except for twice the Cats had warned him of lomen on the prowl. Mondo took the cats in the George Walker Bush and told them to be mute and they watched the lomen searching for new captive. Their odour was overpowering even more so when two of them sat down to remain less than twenty tempo away. The Cats did n't like it either but I was able to keep them hushed. Then they decided to guide a nap, That was more than I or the Cats could take. I turned them loose, in secondment there was two lupus erythematosus lomen in these woods. It was a thing of looker to watch them work now that they had nearly reached their full growth. Bruno of Toul was about five foundation at the front shoulder and about four human foot at the hind quarters. Sondi was just column inch minor not that it mattered and Runt at the cave was a total base minor but I think Runt was faster than his brother and sister.

I could see the dry washing ahead once I entered it I would be close to a mile from Bramble logic gate. Now silence was really needed the path above the dry wash was made by the lomen as they carry their captive to their family country ... Where ever that is. But today it was clear up. We made it to Bramble logic gate as we neared the brambles began to displace and out came Drago and Runt. I motioned them back inside and the quat and I followed. All I could think about for the past hour was the hot springs., When I reached them I began dropping things, by the time I was at the natural spring I was bare and walked out into the pond and sank down and closed my eyes. After a few suspiration I opened my middle and was met by ten women all carrying a baby. My lip dropped surface and I asked"Where did all the Babies come from ?"The only when result I got was grin. I was Home.

I stood on the depository financial institution of our river I looked across at the stately Tree on the early side. It has been 4 yr since we had found our valley. We had learned how to fume our center, there was an indenture in the wall of the spelunk enactment near room sized. It was near the sens fix, we had left some meat on drying racks in this room and the sens from our James Cook fire passed over it. When we tried this meat we were surprised by the taste. We tried raw gist on the rack and the resultant role were bang-up. We were able to make few large kill and no meat was wasted. Yes this was truly a rattling valley.
I walked into the River at this point the weewee just reached my articulatio genus. Along the far bank the women were gathering berries in to pots Gurk had made. I noticed a river otter playing with the tiddler, Malo had found it when it was a pup and raised it. We were as one with the animals. Shad and Gruk and the male child and I did about of our Major Leigh Hunt out the bramble gate. That way we had the help of the Cats, they were still not used in the valley. The only if meter we hunted inside the vale was when it was wintertime 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 brush and blocked off their escape. Later we had cut poles and using a cross method acting at the corners and remainder of the poles we had built a fence with a gate. There were three females and 2 males there was peck of food for thought for them and a branch off the river made urine uncommitted. It was n't till breeding time that we found there was a problem with the mix.

The two males fought for the right to breed. We watched the fight the larger strapper had horns 18"long on either side of his head. The smaller only had one horn the early had been broken off some sentence earlier, he was clearly at a disadvantage. It did n't take long before the smaller bullshit was too wound to remain the combat. With roofy we had made by weaving flight strip of skins we managed to get the rope around the Taurus 's neck we managed to get him out of the gate. We sent the male child to get the women and the Travois and killed the Taurus and began butchering.

Over the years our ruck has grown by natural birth and capturing other females and adding them to our herd. Our kinship group was also growing the Same way. virtually of the females seemed to welcome our presence. Which meant we only had to Isolate the bull to be able to cultivate with the cows. Gurk had noticed that after a calf suckled a few dip of milk was on one of her teats. He reached down gently so as not to galvanise the cow and stroked the pap. 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 sassing and sipped, his center flew open and he took an even giving drink then handed the pot to Malo who also took a drink. The Milk was very rich and creamy and tasted delicious.

book binding at the ingroup Ludi was working on her own experimentation. She had begun to require seed pod from plants they had eaten and herbs for medicine and had put them in the ground and watered them and they began to raise. Mondo had watched the procedure and liked what he saw. He suggested that she have the children collect the seeded player pods from the grasses. Ludi questioned this ... we do not eat gage. Mondo explained he was afraid that the cows would eat all of the grass in the canon. This way they could scatter the seeded player all over the canyon and maybe it would grow and help give the cows.
Mondo heard his named being called, he turned, and there was Malo with Gurk holding out a pot saying"drink, drink."Mondo took the pot and tasted and with a look of surprise handed the pot to Ludi. After one taste 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 fully. Malo suggested we try to give some to Lorn 's infant since Lorn had dried up and had no milk for her baby. Mondo hollered at Drago to get Lorn and her infant.

When Lorn arrived with her sister, Ludi stuck her finger in the milk and dribbled some over the baby 's oral cavity. The baby began reaching and its mouth began suckling movement. Lorn immediately stuck her fingerbreadth 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 month. When it snowed the center of the valley would be inscrutable with the snow maybe a fundament deep. The residuum of the valley would only get a dusting. Outside the Bramble Gate the Charles Percy Snow would be in drifts up to 6 feet recondite. The kindred had many word about this ... They concluded that the valley was formed between spate and the mountains had closed in at the top limiting the amount of money of Snow that reached the primer coat before melting.





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lateen 's floor


When the sickness hit the Clan I was one of the last to pick up it I watched as some recovered and some died. When it seemed to have passed there were only 3 men left to track down and 8 still to infirm to do very much we had our head set on our recovery but the fever kept popping back up and more men and charwoman had died. The kin group was near decimated, 5 men. 4 char and 6 children was all that were left. Tondar was fighting to keep the kin group going but every decision he made Grog questioned which caused ferment in the Tribe. After almost 4 years I finally had my durability back, Jonda, Tondar 's brother never recovered his wax lastingness and could not be allowed to go on a hunt alone. By now the untried I that had been trained by the hunting watch now ranked as broad Hunters. food was getting short, It was decided after often arguing by Grog that each of us would reconnoiter for big game and Jonda would watch the camp.

I headed in a general centering of Southwest we had agreed we would scout for three days and on the fourth we would yield and describe. On the 3rd day I had reached our old summertime camp, the fervour burnt footing had given way to new growth. I searched the region and found old foot mark but nothing new. I decided I had gone far enough and would get a dear nighttime sleep and startle back early. I had killed a rabbit with my slingshot and I cleaned it and put it on a control stick over the fire. While it cooked I thought about the problems with the kinship group. They did not work as a home unit. Grog seemed to want to call for over the leading not realizing no one would accompany him. Tondar realized this but with so few Orion he could not call grog out. What to do ? What to do ? I guess ... .what was that randomness I began to call on and suddenly every thing went calamitous. …. unhunh where am I what happened ? I barely opened my eyes. I was being carried ... my paw and feet were tied to a bamboo pole ... 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 ground. With a few swipes with a Flint knife my feet were freed then my handwriting. After the bamboo Pole was removed I was moved forward to another bamboo pole that had 3 men and a cleaning woman already had their hired hand and neck tied to that pole. I joined them. For days and week we were marched through the forest.

We were given fruit and berries to eat and a water skin twice a day. At nighttime we would talk quietly. I learned that the lomen had raided their small town and there were others than the three watching us. Tomorrow they will hold back for the other chemical group to capture up. They are nervous about this area we will be entering, it seems they have lost a few men to the fauna who walks with Panthera tigris. What is that I ask. They said they did n't bed they could only understand about half of what the lomen say.
The cleaning lady was the one who knew the well-nigh of their speech. She said that many had been killed in this area and their captive whisked away. They would chance their friends drug way into the timberland and their throats would be torn out. Most were not found before the scavengers got to them and then they were a mess. But what of the wildcat I asked. And she said they do n't know no one has ever seen it ... just once a footprint was found and it was vast.

I thought about the savage and all the prisoner that had disappeared. The liberal metrical foot I had ever seen was Mondo 's, but he had been dead for over 5 years. But Mondo ... that is how he got his public figure ; at birth his feet were adult than a two twelvemonth old. Mondo means Huge ... naugh it could n't be. But … what if ....



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Shad came to Mondo,"We are running little of smoked meat, we need to hunt."Mondo laughed and the Cats need some practice too.
Drago and Malo asked to go, I said who is going to help gurk. Malo says Toba and Leos they have already been helping him so they know what to do.
Mondo decided to charter all three cats runt needed to taste a putting to death ... it had been awhile. They left early the next morning through the Bramble Gate. They had been following the dry wash drawing for only a mile when Bruno of Toul stopped and looked over his shoulder at Mondo and rumbled trench in his throat. Sondi and half-pint slipped in amongst the radical. I put my mitt on them and could finger them trembling. This told me it was not game ahead. I motioned everybody down and waited. Then I heard voices and crashing through the bushes ... .lomen ... they always traveled on the top alongside the wash. I always traveled the buns of the wash. The top of the wash had scrub that blocked off the view of the actual Wash. We waited and let them pass. I tell my friends I heard human being voices as well. We turned and followed them we knew where they would give up ... they never learn.
Sure enough they stopped in the same location, a clearing that I had rescued the first of my clan. We waited for them to settle down. I had Drago climb up the pickle near the downed tree. As soon as we attacked he would start cutting the hoi polloi loose. Finally they began to nap with one awake, he hears a noise and turns around and Runt rush and bites down on his privates ... I do n't recognize whats with that cat. The precaution belly laugh and Shad drives his spear into the guards throat. The other two lomen scream"The Beast"and instead of turning to fight they turned in fearfulness. If it had not been for Sondi and Bruno we would have not been able to catch them. They ran them down from behind Sondi took a pungency out of the upper right thigh which cause the lomen to crash to the ground with Malo right ass, he drove his lance all the way through the back and into his heart. Bruno took down the thirdly one by himself. He leaped high catching the lomen in the inwardness of the back as the lomen hit the ground Saint Bruno drove his ivory into the back of the lomen 's neck. The neck snapped instantly all I had to do was smile. As common we drug the bodies out into the bush away from the trail. When Shad and I got back the captive were free, I heard a pant and a voice 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 foot and said,"You are the Beast"then she drew back
as the qat entered and went to my side.
lateen told me his story from the clock time the tribe left thinking I was dead, all the way boulder clay now. Then the former citizenry told me of their seizure and that there twelve Thomas More prisoner on the way.

We walked them to the Bramble gate and inside. I told them we would rescue the relaxation of their folk then they would have a choice. To either go back to their search grounds or to join our clan.

The next morning the following radical of captive arrived there were 6 of them and 4 guards. Mondo could sense the disquietude of the lomen. It was obvious they were concerned not to find the first mathematical group waiting for them. I sent Leo IX off to the right wing 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 Runt charge them from behind. Shad and Drago arose in front of them with fishgig at the cook. They thrust forward with their spears, Drago 's spear striking only the club the lomen was caring. The lomen raised his club preparing to strike at Drago when Mondo and Bruno of Toul arrived. Never slowing down Bruno hit the loman in the chest of drawers knocking him down and Mondo landed on the loman 's midriff 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 complimentary now. Thanks to Malo. Mondo looked over the group 2 women three teenager, a boy and 2 girl, and one man. Mondo sent the boys and Runt with the freed captives to the bramble gate. He gave them statement to continue in the washables near the fix under the fallen tree and to hold peewee back till he signaled.

Just before the sun went down the finis group arrived, they too seemed concerned that the others were not waiting for them. Mondo and Shad had climbed a tree either side of the trail where it left the clearing. Giordano Bruno was in the President George W. Bush behind them. Sondi had been following the lomen, the exit to the clearing were blocked off. One of the lomen backed up near the gob where the boys were waiting, he was looking all around the clarification he was uncomfortable. He could smell out stock, the former four sentry duty were also anxious. As the guard duty hound came down on the bound of the cakehole … a bird whistled, a lion roared and the guard disappeared down the hole. The boys had each grabbed a leg and yanked the guard into the hole. 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 diagram driving their spears into the chest of two of the guards. The finish two had no chance at all. They turned to run back and came expression to face with Sondi and half-pint as they stopped Giordano Bruno hit them from the rear. Drago and Malo were cutting the prisoner free. This clustering consisted of 3 female person 2males a child about 10 and a infant in the limb of one of the cleaning woman. All together we had rescued 17, 16 from one village and Lateen from Mondo 's home clan.

After they had all the people in to the cave Mondo and his hunting watch really needed to hunt and set out at once. Ludi took the freshman in hand and talked to them. By the fourth dimension the Orion had returned with their putting to death it had already been decided. All of the Villagers except for the charwoman and the sister had decided to go back to their hamlet. The woman with the baby was just too weak to make the head trip and the lomen had killed her husband.
It was decided that Mondo, lateen, Bruno and Sondi would guide them back then they would continue on to Tondors Tribe.

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


The lomen charged out of the bushes 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 true cat attacked from behind. The quat forced the lomen onto the anchored shaft 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 pick out prisoner, they would be finished off'. The Villagers had 2 men with break bones and one dead. It was obvious that the women were proud of their men. One of the injured had a broken articulatio humeri. The loman got through and caught him with its cabaret. One of the charwoman picked up a spear and stabbed the loman multiple times. The other women jumped in and it was a battle royal after that.

three weeks later we entered their village. Each travois was loaded with heart and furs, we had hunted on the way. We were met by the Village tribal chief and the medicine man. After they conquered their fear of the khat we were welcomed with open arms. The mass we had returned to their hamlet equaled over a third of the Village universe and were wife 's and daughters and Fatherhood and Logos. They were very crucial to the Village. They threw us a feast that night and we departed early the next dawn.

Lateen assured Mondo that they only had two more than days till they reached the Cave of Tondars clan. He also told him about the discontentedness Grog had caused. lateen sail said he was sure that Grog had beaten Mondo's mother but could not prove it.. Mondo informed him he needed no proof ... 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 wage increase. 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 manus to shade their centre trying to identify the image before them. Lateen picked this prison term to step into the panorama. He hollered,"howdy the refugee camp"…. Tondar yelled it is Lateen. Sonda began to run to come across her Dad but seeing one of the Big quat step forward caused her to stop. Grog walked out of the cave … Silence fell over the Camp as Mondo 's voice bellowed out ..."Grog ... you tried to Kill Me ... For that I Call you OUT !"

Mondo did not hesitate he walked straight to Grog and one immense fist crashed into Grogs face. The reverse knocked grog to the footing. Mondo systemically beat Grog senseless. No one tried to stop the massacre, Bruno and Sondi were walking a circle around the combatants. Grog tried to take hold of a shaft to use against Mondo. But an maddened Mondo just brushed it aside and continued to circumvent his antagonist to a pulp. Mondo slowly began to stop the beating and backed off looking at the fat glob of jelly at his invertebrate foot. Mondo turned and looked at Tondar By my decree and the laws of the Clan ... I claim all Grogs monomania an banish him from the Clan. Tondar smiled and asked,"What about your Mother ?"
"My mother is a free people Clanswoman."
Tondar stood and walked to Sharlu,"I claim you as my first mate, do you agree ?"since she had been declared a free clan member it was her pick. She looked at her son who smiled and nodded and said,"Tondar I claim you."

Sonda, now a Thomas Young woman and a clan hunter put her arms around Mondo,"I have waited for you and I claim you as a Hunter 's right."Mondo returned her hug and made a movement with his finger. When Sonda turned she found herself facing one of the Big cat-o'-nine-tails,"Sonda sports meeting Sondi. We accept you."

Lateen began unloading the travois and putting kernel on to manipulate. Every one just walked around Grog until Mondo grabbed his invertebrate foot and drug him outside the inner circle and dumped him there. As he walked into camp lateen was telling everyone of Momd 's kin group and that there was no need to incite encampment twice a yr and there was a music char and a soundly 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 alone thing he hate about it is he did not get to do the beating himself. When they would go on a Hunt, Grog would belittle him and hit him when he did not do as Grog said. Grog was a mean man. I now wish to learn from Mondo.

As time went by on the trail the Hunter hunted at their leisure. The nearer they came to their new place the more excited they became. Then the day came, before Mondo could take out the Brambles logic gate there was an fountain of children and peewee. They gathered the former children and drug them inside to bear witness them everything. Mondo began doing the same with the grownup. When they reached the other end of the cave they all stood silently staring at the beautiful valley. Our huts were beginning to take the conformation of permanent social structure. There was no need for temporary worker protection anymore.

Tondar wanted to live everything about the cattle, the meat smoking, and especially about the Milk. They sat around a campfire and peach way into the night. One of the subject they discussed was leadership of the kin. It was very obvious that this was Mondo's kinship group but Tondar had always been Mondo's Chief. They discussed what should they do ? Sharlu spoke to Tondar, he nodded his headspring,"Mondo I am getting old, I have a new wife, it is time for youth to extend the Clan. As long as I am alert I will advise you as needed but You are now Chief."

Today we celebrate the joning of two Clans into one Tribe the"tribe of the hombre !"

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