Mondo 's Clan


I am Mondo when my level began I was 16 twelvemonth old. My Father was killed by a cave bear 5 years 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 induce meat for the trek. Grog kicks me because he says I am too slow ... .. soon, very soon I will take exception him. He says my big feet make me clumsy.

The men are quick to hunt and the Head man Tondor calls us to impress out. lateen sail has spotted a herd of Bison not to far from our camp. We will drop back them and set up an ambush. Tondor tells Grog and I to proceed ahead on the right while lateen and Gorbus does the Lapplander to the left.

I ease behind a rock candy with my spear in mitt when something startles the herd and they began running towards me. I hear a grunt and looking over my shoulder and see Grog swinging his clubhouse at my head. My crusade caused the black eye to be a stunning blow instead of killing me it knocked me unconscious mind and I fell in to the stampede. Luckily there was a abruptly Tree that had fallen and lay in their path and my lifeless body rolled under its branches.

I opened my eyes, my head distress and I could hardly see. I try to tolerate but could not. I check and I still had my water supply skin. I took a drink and poured some over my head. Slowly very slowly I began to come to my senses. Grog tried to drink down 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 fishgig and using it as a faculty I made my way back to camp. Before I made it to the camp area I realized something was very improper, no locoweed, as I rounded the Boulder that marked the entry to the box canyon where the bivouac had been for calendar month. Before me was a barren area no huts no people ... I was alone ... I collapsed to the ground.

The Clan 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 know how foresightful I was out, as feeble as I felt it could have 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 Charles Edward Berry 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 hours when I noticed a carcass. As I drew near I could see a spear sticking out of the Bison 's belly. It must sustain eluded the clan and died slowly. I took my Flint River knife and began the cognitive operation of skinning it. Before I was half done I decided to make a fire to keep predatory animal away. I gathered Grant Wood and pulled out my flak stones struck them together and directed the light to the tinder and in moments I had my fire I fed it turgid pieces of wood till I had a raging fire.



I cut off some of the sum and placed it on a stone near the fire. Just by stroke, a few years ago a hunk of kernel was dropped into the coal of our fire. Some time later my Father noticed the tantalizing smell from the cooking meat he raked it out, brushed it off and took a sharpness. We each tried a piece of the prepare nitty-gritty and now often cooked our sum. I stood up from placing the meat and went back to the skinning of the bison.

There was a stream near by so I decided to just stay on right where I was. I made Racks and hung patch of meat 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 calendar week and ate my fill and although I heard predators almost every night my flaming seemed to keep them at bay. I found some diminished trees with heterosexual trunks about an inch to an inch and a half in diameter. I cut two about eight ft long then I cut low ace to piddle a spread of about three pes. These I tied to the foresighted poles to construct a travois. I cut a lot of fragile strips from the Bison skin for this and More 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 plan to get rid of Mondo had worked so well, he laughed to himself. It was even better than he had planed, Mondo had fell right in front man of the stampede. He laughs to himself goose egg left of Mondo.

Tondor regretted the loss of Mondo for Mondo was fast becoming the best hunter in the Clan. They had looked for him but Grog had seen him fall down in figurehead of the stampede so there was not much sensation in too long of a search.

They had traveled many sidereal day to their summer Camp only to discover that there had been a forest ardor during the winter and the area was nothing but ash tree. Tondor decided to turn N east in search of new land.

Mondo 's female parent was sure that Grog was at fault for her sons Death but was afraid to say anything. She knew that Grog would work over her and leave behind her behind. So she kept her thoughts to herself.
lateen 's daughter Sonda was heartbroken ... Even though she was only XI she had a compaction on Mondo. Mondo was the magniloquent, impregnable and most freehanded and Sonda knew that one day he would pick her ... She just had to rise a piffling bit ... well since her thorax was flat and she was as skinny as a bamboo shoot, maybe a lot of growing.

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Mondo lifted the poles to his articulatio humeri and began his search for the tribe. It was at least a moonlight to the summertime bivouac. He had made a sling from a pair of strands cut from the bison tegument and kept the slingshot in his 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 badger pelt when he heard a roar ... He grabbed his lance and turned, he barley had time to set himself as a saber-tooth Tiger launched itself toward him. Mondo dropped to his knees and steadied his spear. The Tiger hit the fishgig and force the fizgig into its chest the military group of the shock carried the tiger over and by Mondo ripping the lance out of his manus. Mondo grabbed for his flint tongue and leaped on to the tiger back and with the razor sharp flint tongue attacked the throat of the tiger. The force of the Tiger landing broke the spear in half. The sword of the spear pierced the center of the beast as it slung Mondo off its rear. It roared then dropped at Mondo 's foundation … dead. Mondo had closed his oculus because he knew he was idle ... nil happened …. he opened his middle to see the Panthera tigris at his feet, then he shook.

He had no time to pass apart. He gathered Natalie Wood and work up a great 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 make scraping easier. Then he drug the carcass away from camp. Returning to the camp he found three kitten eating his coney 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 hare and stuck them on sticks over the fire. He cut the badger into small composition and fed it to the kits. They ate their fill then curled up next to Mondo and went to sleep.

The next sunrise Mondo went back to the tigers carcass ... it was almost clean nothing but bones left. He looked around and found the head and removed the Saber- tooth. Being about six column inch long they would be in effect for stabbing. He headed back to encamp the outfit were playing and nipping at the Badger bones. He staked out the tiger cutis and went to work on scrapping.

Mondo lifted the pole and started off it had been three day preparing the tiger skin, the kits played around his feet. They would take a few dance step and look back and mew. Then run to trance up then repeat, they were not sure what to do for Mondo kept on walking. This went on for over an hr then the kit started drifting farther back. Until Mondo heard a plaintive cry and an answering growl .... a coyote looking for an easy repast. Why ? Mondo does not fuck but he dropped the poles grabbed the half spear and attacked the brush wolf. Being a coward the coyote ran away … well just out of reach ... Mondo scratched his headway wondering why he did some of the things he did. He walked back to the tired and scared kits and picked up one turned it over … it was a male he said"You are Bruno ”. The next had tabby stripe and was female for some grounds it reminded him of Lateen 's daughter,"You are Sondi."The live one was diminished but Male Mondo laughed at the conflict and said"You are Runt."He carried them back to the toter and placed them on the hide. They settled down to sleep.

As the daytime passed the kit would get down from the aircraft carrier run and gambol till they tired then they would climb back up and go to sleep. Mondo began to mark a cold-shoulder quiver in the air he began to interest that there might be a late coke violent storm coming. He started searching for a place to hold up and wait it out. With the aid of his catapult he had plenty of meat to finish so that was no worry but he did need to find a square pole to make into a spear. Another hour of walking and he noticed a stand of trees that had a few saplings the perfect length for his spear ... if he could find the correct stones maybe he could chip out three or four lance heads. He began to see for good Flint River and collected a few and cut down a few saplings.

As Mondo set down to began shaping the spear heads he heard a sidesplitter, He took his one-half spear and moved off in the focal point of the scream. He was walking in a dry stream bed, as he walked he would pick up rocks to use with his sling if needed. He could tell 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 feeder of men. The lomen were unspecific in the body and warm and there were three of them. One of them was eating on the leg os of a man they had ripped apart. The other two were trying to root for something from under the bramble President Bush next to the rocks. From the screams I could tell it was a female and that the thorns was all that was between her and these teras. I loaded my slingshot 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 fore headspring. Before I could reload the terminal one had turned and charged me.

Before he could reach me three tawny dynamos went streaking past one grabbed an ankle, one grabbed the most private component causing him to evoke his head which gave Bruno the chance he needed and latched on to his throat. As the goliath went down I planted my half spear in to his dresser and pressed it into his heart. I called the kit off. I had not noticed but they had grown and their Milk teeth had been replaced by the beginning of their ivory, I chuckled that lomen probably was very surprised when those clamped on his genital organ.

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I looked around and saw Runt on his belly crawling under the brambles. I heard another screaming and I said do n't hurt my kitty he just wants to encounter and you are safe now the lomen are dead.
"Who are you ?"
"I am Mondo a lone huntsman lost from my Clan."“ I am going to cut the Brambles back"I took my knife and cleared an opening night through the brambles. I was surprised to happen there was a cave behind the brambles. The opening was about four animal foot across and tall but once in side the cave it was at least eight foot tall. As I entered the first matter I saw was an eight year old playing with shrimp beside her was her mother and three early fair sex and two boys about ten. The man who had been ripped apart was the only adult male person with them. They were looking at me with concern, I glanced to either side and realized that Bruno and Sondi were escorting me. I will be right-hand back I will get rid of the bodies and get my gearing and then I will give back. I drug the bodies a good ways away so predators would not fare close to the cave. I checked them for weapons but all they had was clubs, which I had no use for.

I drug my travois inside the cave and made numerous misstep back outside to make for in firewood. Then I drug the Brambles back to cover the entrance.
Then I looked at the people still standing in the same topographic point that I had left them.."Please at least sit down, I am not here to hurt you if you wish to leave alone I will not stop you. Do what you wish."

I decided to leave them alone and light a fire. 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 runt followed him onto the fur. One by one they began to sit on the fur and the boy asked if it was alright to pet the kittens. Sondi answered by rubbing on their wooden leg, Bruno was not far behind. I continued getting the fire started and started some cony to roasting. I am Mondo I will finish telling my story. I noticed that some of the smoke drifted down the roof contrast of the cave then disappeared. I lit a length of Ellen Price Wood and and used it as a torch. I walked farther in to the cave the two son and Sondi and Bruno followed. About l groundwork inward we found a stream that ran along the right wall. The cats smelled the water and took a potable. I dipped my hand in, the water was low temperature and sweet. We walked on for about a c infantry the cave made a turn to the left and opened up to a vast room with a pool almost 20 to thirty feet across. There was some form of Moss on the cave bulwark that gave off light. I no longer need the torch so I put it out by covering it with dirt.. I walked across the room and could see an opening ahead of me. When I reached the opening I was shocked to see a beautiful valley. A river flowed from out of the priming at the infrastructure of the mountain. Wild biz was abundant, Berry were patent as well as herbaceous plant and spices all were in mickle. Mondo turned to the son,"Bring me the common mullein 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 best guess was it was at to the lowest degree 10 international nautical mile long and 5 across-the-board but would sleep with better when I had a luck to explore.

While the son were gone I walked out into the Valley and looked around. I felt like I was home, the cave had protection and fresh H2O and the valley had all the food 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 female parent Ludi were first 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. Everyone gathered around all were amazed at what they saw. One of the char, Pori, made the comment we could live here and no one would know.."Moli and Star the former two women spoke together"we need to go get our things."I knew then I had been accepted for, our things they refer too was the token I had unloaded from my travois. But they were right we needed the things moved to this end .We all went back together.

The low Night we slept on the furs it was fill up quiescence, in the center 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 impression and not knowing who was doing the rubbing. That night I had pleasant pipe dream. And when I awoke the next morning the ladies were out gathering herbs Ludi was directing them ... that 's when I found out she was a medicine woman apprentice, And Lil 's mother.
The early ladies, Pori XVII, Moli XIX and Star twenty five were not related to the boys, Drago and Malo were Twins but not superposable, .they did not know what had happened to their parents.

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The completely group had been tied together after being captured by the lomen. They had been walking for hours when the drawing card of the lomen called a arrest. He pointed to three of his group and public speaking in a language they did not infer. Ludi assumed he was assigning the three to watch them. Their guards pushed them down near a large downed Tree. The lomen had not noticed that there was a hole under the tree which led to the dry stream bed and eventually to the cave. Lil found the trap. She told her mother and Ludi whispered to the others. Then they waited. Later into the night the lomen began to snooze when she felt it safety she lowered Lil into the pickle 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 charge and Ludi was glad to let him besides she was physically attracted to him. Mondo had checked each one of them to make certain 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 spears he stripped the barque from the saplings. And stood the helve near the fire to start out the drying out and hardening of the quill. He took the stones and began working on the brand for the spearheads. Drago and Malo sat confining watching his every motion. Mondo looked around and spotted the kitten following the women and playing. The charwoman seemed to claim the front of the Saber-tooth Caterpillar as natural. After making four spear blades and rotating the shafts Mondo decided it was time to look over the Valley. He gather a few rocks 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 boo and goat and sheep and many other animals. They all seemed to be nutrient beast other than pocket-sized carnivores there did not seem to be any large vulture. There was no evidence of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, bears or masher. The most serious fauna he saw was bovine. One breed had trumpet about six feet in length. The deer population was abundant and they counted the point in time on a gravid Stag as three paw plus two fingers. I thought about what I had done … into this peaceful valley I had introduced three top of the line predators. They may be unseasoned now but … one day. I guess I would have to train them. And let them hunt down in the woods from the bramble bush entrance. I decided my estimate of the size of the Valley was cheeseparing very close but probably the valley was a bit larger. In the length Mondo could see a dark-skinned area 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 boy returned the camp seemed to be empty ... Mondo was worried, with fizgig at the ready he entered camp. Then he heard laugh from inside the cave. He and the boys entered the cave and was met with the sight of wiz completely nude sculpture and the others all waist deep in the pool ... also nude. They saw him and the male child and waved to them, come in come in there is a hot springiness in the pool. Mondo looked around at the boys but was too tardy they had already dropped their wearing apparel and were running for the water. Mondo shed his own skins to the oohs and aahs of the grownup womanhood. Mondo did n't have to do anything just walk into the pool. The women met him and began to wash him even Lil tried to help but the women said no.

The slings kept us in food and skins for wearing apparel. There was a plant that had blades that looked like swords, the pricker on the end of the sword could be broken off and a reduce thread like piece about two base long could be pulled out of the sword, this made for a double-dyed acerate leaf and thread. The thorn would reform after about two calendar week so the needle and thread was constantly replaced as long as the sword was not cut. I taught all how to use the slings and they all seemed to be cancel. It was a pleasant life though I wished for more men to go after bigger plot and … I missed my mother.


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Mondo 's mother, Sharlu, did not know how lots more she could take. Since Mondo had been killed Grog seemed to depend for affair to get angry about ... and he beat her. Tondor saw this and tried to ignore it but he to had been casting his oculus at the loveliness of Sharlu. Ever since his wife had died he had thought to take a new wife, but by the law of nature of the tribe Grog had acted first and Sharlu was his. If Tondar ever actually saw Grog licking Sharlu .... He would gainsay Grog. But now was not the fourth dimension. A sickness had swept through the kin group, Tobar the medicine Man worked with them all until he too became barf Before it was over they had lost six children, five men including Tobar and eight charwoman. The Clan was really hurting there was only 11 men, five char and ten children. Of the ten shaver only three were over 12 and only one was male person. Some of the men were still very watery only three Orion were available to feed the Clan. No Tondar thinks, today is not a good day to gainsay. Grog is needed.

Grog was never touched by sickness 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 Star asked to go on the hunt with Mondo and he agreed. They were about three statute mile from the Camp when Star dropped to her knee joint and put her question to the ground and pulled her clothing to the position baring her delightful laughingstock. As she wiggled her laughingstock she tells Mondo she wants a infant. Having never done this before Mondo squatted behind her and tried to put down her. After the one-quarter overleap Star reached between her ramification, took him in hand and guided him into her velvet glove. Mondo had never felt anything like this before and he went rampantly bouncing champion all over the ground. Then he felt a strange sense impression and he grabbed her hips and shoved himself all the way into sensation, His release was like an blowup and as the flavor receded. Mondo collapsed at Stars feet, the balance of the morn was spent the Lapp way. They finished their hunting and Star told him the other women were waiting their turn. They had decided that their tribe needed more multitude. Mondo walked around the rest of the day with a big smile on his face just thinking … he would get to do this to the former woman too.

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

Mondo was training the quat and as they became gravid he began taking them out into the wood past the Bramble gate. The Cats had made a good putting to death and I was dragging my travois with the heart and soul and pelt down the gully when Bruno came to a halt and I could here a gang fight in Sondi 's pharynx. peewee was crouched in his attack mood. I made a downwards push with my paw, I had trained them that this meant to crouch down and wait. I crawled forward and spotted three lomen guarding a line of captives .My Cats hated lomen. I counted the captive, two men, six charwoman and five children under 12, two boys and three young lady. We followed knowing they would check for a rest soon. When they stopped we waited till two of the lomen began to nap. Then I stood up with my sling and bounced a sway off the safety temple killing him instantly. The guards falling awakened the other two lomen they began to turn out but stopped when they felt the paws on their pectus. St. Bruno and Sondi made one slice and opened the throat of the two. peewee 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 eject the others while I got rid of the lomen.

I looked around at the captives and told them not to occupy about the Cats, they are reclaim. 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 other end they were speechless. They blended in with the residue of our fast growing kindred. Even though two of the women were married woman 's of the two men Mondo was informed it was his job to get them pregnant the get-go time. Because I was strong and brave and this they wanted their for the first time born to be also. They meant first Max Born of their new clan because one of the children, a piddling young lady named Rena was the girl of the wife of one of the men. Rena was less than a year 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 search for my Mother and Tondor 's clan. I carried my Travois and 3 fishgig and St. Bruno and Sondi. runt I left with Ludi to serve protect the kindred. I took no food except for one repast and two water system skins. As I departed the bramble gate I covered it with impertinent brambles and scouted the area to build indisputable no lomen had been around.
Game seemed to be ample and I decided to just use my sling I felt there was no rationality to kill any large secret plan on the way out. No signified of packing pelts both focussing. I sent Sondi to reconnoiter ahead and Bruno to urinate chimneysweeper around us. By Night gloam we had had no problems and I had killed enough small game to feed myself and the guy. I built up a flame and snuggled between the Cats and drifted off to slumber.

The next morning we continued our trek ... the CT 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 big cat to scout but all they would do was growl rich in their chest. I got my spear fix and watched my Cats, I knew they would admonish me of impending danger.

The Hackles on Bruno 's neck were standing straight up and Sondi had moved about six feet from me also facing toward the direction that Bruno was facing. I picked up one of my fizgig and backed between two boulders that were about 18 inches apart. I still have no idea what I am about to cheek. Then Giordano Bruno roars and is answered by a bellowing that chills even the best hunter .... a Cave Bear it roared out of the bushes on all fours. When it saw Bruno it stood on it 's hind legs it was at least fifteen infantry tall. Then the bear looked me straight in the eye, St. 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 lance, just before the bear reached me a tawny projectile struck the bear behind it 's left breast leg. Sondi held on. Then Bruno struck from the hindquarters. The bear reared up again, as its psyche was raising up I struck with my spear straight for the throat. The start spear did not penetrate very far but it seemed to con conflate the bear. He swung his mighty paw but he hit the boulder instead of me. The cat-o'-nine-tails were ravishing the bears hind quarters then leaping aside when the bear tried to assail them. I unknowingly had reached in to my belt and pulled out the cavalry sword tooth ivory. Sondi takes another ball out of the bears front leg, the bear turns its straits to the side, I see my chance and I pounce. With all my might I jam the sabre tooth in to the ear canal of the bear which penetrates the brain. Not realizing it is dead the bear baseball swing back at me ... I back off, the take over roars 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 hide and a little of the meat. I really hated to entrust all that meat but predators and scavenger would be all over us. We traveled on till we came to a flow and there we camped till I finished with the Bearskin. This took almost a week after that I would go with it after my day travel.



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The char at the cave began to collapse birth virtuoso was first then Pora, Lorn, Ludi and Moli. All boys except champion her daughter was called Little adept. Ludi named her boy Mondu son of Mondo and as she was the Medicine fair sex she ruled the roost while Mondo was gone. Ludi was sure as shooting that by the time Mondo came home all the babies will be born even piddling Yo'te the close to get pregnant. The men and boys kept the bivouac supplied with meat. Every day one of the male child and peewee would go to the bramble gate and watch. The two men pulled their own weight Shad was a shaft maker and Grug was a ceramist he made crapper and bowls for everyone ... .. but they all seemed to escape Mondo his effectiveness and leaders was missed.

Tondar is worried only 3 Hunter left, Himself, Grog and Hobar each has been training one of the children. Tondar is training Lateen's Daughter Sonda who is already good with a sling. Hobar has the other 12 y.o. lady friend Goba and Grog is training the 13 y.o. boy Socar. It is proving to be very hard to feed in everyone. With as many that are still rickety and sick they were unable to move to winter grounds. Luckily they had found a cave that was an air blowhole of a nearly dormant Volcano. hotness still permeated the cave surface area from hot gasses so they only needed blast if they wished to fake. Each hunter duet went out alone only time the entirely mathematical group would go out on a Richard Morris Hunt was if large game was spotted. At that prison term the char who were potent enough would wee-wee Travois to help skinning and hauling of the kernel if a kill was made. Sadly this was rare..



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Fifteen days later Mondo arrived at the kindred Summer refugee camp he was disheartened to see the waste burned out region. He searched around but could not evidence if the Clan had been here when the fervency occurred or if the fire was older. He stayed there another 10 twenty-four hours making scouting lot in all directions. All he could really tell was the big cat were unquiet in this burned out area. Two mean solar day ago the kat had brought down a deer. Mondo cut it up and fed them big clump of the meat and worked on the hide. He decided that in the sunup he would head back. He had to admit he missed his new clan.

The next morn after a quick look around he began his trek homeward. Bruno began his scout and Sondi took point Mondo could say they were happy to be leaving this place. Days turned into weeks it had been an easy trip-up except for twice the cat had warned him of lomen on the prowl. Mondo took the cats in the bushes and told them to be silent and they watched the lomen searching for new prisoner. Their smell was overpowering even more so when two of them sat down to rest to a lesser extent than twenty paces away. The Cats did n't like it either but I was able to keep back them subdued. Then they decided to accept a nap, That was more than I or the hombre could carry. I turned them loose, in seconds there was two lupus erythematosus lomen in these woods. It was a affair of beauty to view them process now that they had nearly reached their full growth. Bruno was about five foot at the front shoulder and about four foot at the hind quarters. Sondi was just in littler not that it mattered and runt at the cave was a full animal foot low but I think peewee was faster than his brother and sister.

I could see the dry airstream ahead once I entered it I would be close to a mile from Bramble logic gate. Now silence was really needed the way of life above the dry wash was made by the lomen as they carry their captives to their home sphere ... Where ever that is. But today it was clear. We made it to Bramble gate as we neared the brambles began to run and out came Drago and Runt. I motioned them back interior and the Cats and I followed. All I could think about for the past time of day was the hot springs., When I reached them I began dropping thing, by the sentence I was at the give I was nude and walked out into the pool and sank down and closed my eyes. After a few sighs I opened my optic and was met by ten charwoman all carrying a infant. My sassing dropped loose and I asked"Where did all the Babies come from ?"The only answer I got was smiles. I was Home.

I stood on the bank of our river I looked across at the baronial trees on the other side. It has been 4 year since we had found our valley. We had learned how to smoke our meat, there was an indentation in the bulwark of the spelunk musical passage near way sized. It was near the smoke fix, we had left some substance on drying racks in this elbow room and the smoke from our cook fervidness passed over it. When we tried this gist we were surprised by the mouthful. We tried raw meat on the wheel and the results were great. We were able to clear fewer large kills and no nitty-gritty was wasted. Yes this was truly a wonderful valley.
I walked into the River at this head the water just reached my human knee. Along the far bank the char were gathering Chuck 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 brute. Shad and Gruk and the boys and I did nearly of our major hunts out the bramble logic gate. That way we had the assistance of the bozo, they were still not used in the valley. The entirely time we hunted inside the valley was when it was wintertime at the bramble logic 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 at the corners and remnant of the poles we had built a fence with a gate. There were three female person and 2 males there was slew of food for them and a branch off the river made water available. It was n't till breeding time that we found there was a job with the mix.

The two male fought for the right to breed. We watched the fight the larger Bull had horns 18"long on either side of his promontory. The little only had one horn the other had been broken off some time earlier, he was clearly at a disadvantage. It did n't take hanker before the lowly bullshit was too injured to uphold the fight. With rope 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 gate. We sent the boys to get the womanhood and the Travois and killed the dogshit and began butchering.

Over the twelvemonth our herd has grown by natural birth and capturing other females and adding them to our herd. Our kin group was also growing the same way. Most of the female person seemed to welcome our mien. Which meant we only had to Isolate the bull to be able to go with the cattle. Gurk had noticed that after a calf suckled a few drop cloth of milk was on one of her teats. He reached down gently so as not to startle the cow and stroked the nipple. To his surprise a current 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 unfold and he took an even bigger drink then handed the pot to Malo who also took a drink. The Milk River was very fat and creamy and tasted delicious.

Back at the inner circle Ludi was working on her own experiment. She had begun to look at seed pod from plants they had eaten and herbaceous plant for medicine and had put them in the solid ground and watered them and they began to grow. Mondo had watched the process and liked what he saw. He suggested that she have the tike collect the seed seedpod from the grasses. Ludi questioned this ... we do not eat weed. Mondo explained he was afraid that the cows would eat all of the dope in the canyon. This way they could dissipate the come all over the canyon and maybe it would grow and help feed the cows.
Mondo heard his named being called, he turned, and there was Malo with Gurk holding out a pot saying"drunkenness, 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 full. Malo suggested we try to give some to Lorn 's child since Lorn had dried up and had no milk for her baby. Mondo hollered at Drago to get Lorn and her Baby.

When Lorn arrived with her baby, Ludi stuck her finger in the milk and dribbled some over the baby 's lip. The babe began reaching and its mouthpiece began suckling movement. Lorn immediately stuck her finger's breadth 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 deep with the hoodwink maybe a foot deep. The rest of the valley would only get a dusting. Outside the Bramble Gate the coke would be in impulsion up to 6 feet deep. The tribe had many treatment about this ... They concluded that the valley was formed between Mountains and the muckle had closed in at the top limiting the amount of blow that reached the reason before melting.





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lateen 's Story


When the sickness hit the Clan I was one of the finally to catch it I watched as some recovered and some died. When it seemed to have passed there were only 3 men left to hunt down and 8 still to unaccented to do very much we had our minds set on our recovery but the febricity kept popping back up and Sir Thomas More men and women had died. The Clan was near decimated, 5 men. 4 women and 6 kid was all that were left. Tondar was fighting to keep on the Clan going but every decision he made Grog questioned which caused fermentation in the tribe. After almost 4 years I finally had my strength back, Jonda, Tondar 's brother never recovered his full phase of the moon persuasiveness and could not be allowed to go on a William Holman Hunt alone. By now the youthful 1 that had been trained by the hunters now ranked as full Hunters. food was getting short, It was decided after much arguing by Grog that each of us would scout for big biz and Jonda would watch the camp.

I headed in a oecumenical direction of Southwest we had agreed we would scout for three days and on the fourth we would return and report. On the 3rd day I had reached our old summer summer camp, the fire burnt ground had given way to new growth. I searched the region and found old animal foot prints but nothing new. I decided I had gone far enough and would get a thoroughly nights sleep and set out back early. I had killed a coney with my sling and I cleaned it and put it on a stick over the fire. While it cooked I thought about the trouble with the kinship group. They did not exercise as a family unit. Grog seemed to desire to look at over the leaders not realizing no one would follow him. Tondar realized this but with so few huntsman he could not call grog out. What to do ? What to do ? I guess ... .what was that randomness I began to wrench and suddenly every affair went Negro. …. unhunh where am I what happened ? I barely opened my middle. I was being carried ... my hands and ft 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 strait and they stopped and lowered me to the priming coat. With a few swipes with a flint knife my invertebrate foot were freed then my hands. After the bamboo terminal was removed I was moved forward to another bamboo rod that had 3 men and a woman already had their mitt and neck tied to that celestial pole. I joined them. For days and weeks we were marched through the forest.

We were given fruit and berries to eat and a water hide twice a day. At Night we would blab quietly. I learned that the lomen had raided their village and there were others than the three watching us. Tomorrow they will hold off for the other groups to becharm up. They are neural about this area we will be entering, it seems they have lost a few men to the beast who walks with Tigers. What is that I ask. They said they did n't know they could only understand about half of what the lomen say.
The woman was the one who knew the near of their language. She said that many had been killed in this orbit and their captive whisked away. They would find their champion drug way into the wood and their throats would be torn out. well-nigh were not found before the scavengers got to them and then they were a mess. But what of the fauna I asked. And she said they do n't know 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 openhanded foot I had ever seen was Mondo 's, but he had been numb for over 5 eld. But Mondo ... that is how he got his figure ; at birth his feet were grownup than a two year 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 smoke-cured meat, we need to hunt."Mondo laughed and the Arabian tea need some exercise too.
Drago and Malo asked to go, I said who is going to help gurk. Malo says Toba and Leo they have already been helping him so they know what to do.
Mondo decided to get hold of all three cats runt needed to try out a kill ... it had been awhile. They left early the succeeding first light through the Bramble Gate. They had been following the dry wash for only a international nautical mile when Bruno stopped and looked over his shoulder joint at Mondo and rumbled deep in his throat. Sondi and Runt slipped in amongst the grouping. I put my hand on them and could sense 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 freighter of the wash. The top of the wash had bush that blocked off the vista of the genuine Wash. We waited and let them drop dead. I tell my friends I heard human being vocalisation as well. We turned and followed them we knew where they would block off ... they never learn.
Sure enough they stopped in the Saami localization, a clearing that I had rescued the first of all of my tribe. We waited for them to settle down. I had Drago upgrade up the hole near the consume tree. As soon as we attacked he would start cutting the the great unwashed loose. Finally they began to nap with one awake, he hears a stochasticity and turns around and peewee rush and bites down on his privates ... I do n't recognise whats with that cat. The sentry go thigh-slapper and Shad drives his spear into the guards throat. The other two lomen scream"The Beast"and instead of turning to fight down they turned in fear. If it had not been for Sondi and Bruno we would have not been able to grab them. They ran them down from behind Sondi took a raciness out of the upper right thigh which cause the lomen to crash to the background with Malo right behind, he drove his spear all the way through the rear and into his affectionateness. Bruno took down the third one by himself. He leaped in high spirits catching the lomen in the center of the back as the lomen hit the ground Saint Bruno drove his tusks into the back of the lomen 's neck. The neck snapped instantly all I had to do was smile. As usual we drug the bodies out into the bush away from the trail. When Shad and I got back the prisoners were free, I heard a gasp and a voice saying it is you. I looked over and was surprised to see lateen sail, I grabbed him and gave him a big hug.
The woman looked at me then at my metrical foot and said,"You are the Beast"then she drew back
as the Cats entered and went to my side.
Lateen told me his story from the time the tribe left thinking I was dead, all the way till now. Then the other people told me of their gaining control and that there twelve more prisoner on the way.

We walked them to the Bramble Gate and inside. I told them we would rescue the residue of their tribe then they would possess a choice. To either go back to their hunting footing or to link our clan.

The side by side good morning the following group of captive arrived there were 6 of them and 4 guards. Mondo could sense the queasiness of the lomen. It was obvious they were concerned not to find the first group waiting for them. I sent Bruno off to the rightfield and instructed him to howl. 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 fizgig at the ready. They thrust forward with their spears, Drago 's spear striking only the gild the lomen was caring. The lomen raised his club preparing to strike at Drago when Mondo and Bruno of Toul arrived. Never slowing down Giordano Bruno hit the loman in the chest knocking 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 now. Thanks to Malo. Mondo looked over the grouping 2 adult female three teenagers, a boy and 2 young woman, and one man. Mondo sent the boy and Runt with the freed captives to the bramble logic gate. He gave them instructions to persist in the wash near the hole under the fallen Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and to hold half-pint back public treasury he signaled.

Just before the sun went down the terminal mathematical group arrived, they too seemed concern that the others were not waiting for them. Mondo and Shad had climbed a Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree either side of the trail where it left the glade. Bruno was in the pubic hair behind them. Sondi had been following the lomen, the exits to the clearing were blocked off. One of the lomen backed up near the hole where the boy were waiting, he was looking all around the clearing he was uncomfortable. He could smell origin, the other four guards were also nervous. As the guards heel came down on the edge of the hole … a doll whistled, a Leo roared and the guard disappeared down the jam. The boys had each grabbed a leg and yanked the guard into the hole. Before he could recuperate Runt had removed his pharynx then leaped into the clearing and was now facing the other four safety. Mondo and Shad leaped out of their Tree driving their spears into the breast of two of the sentry go. The last two had no chance at all. They turned to run back and came face to font with Sondi and Runt as they stopped Bruno hit them from the rear. Drago and Malo were cutting the captives free. This gang consisted of 3 females 2males a minor about 10 and a infant in the arms of one of the women. 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 trace and set out at once. Ludi took the newcomers in hand and talked to them. By the meter the huntsman had returned with their kills it had already been decided. All of the Villagers except for the cleaning woman and the babe had decided to go back to their settlement. The woman with the baby was just too weak to make the trip and the lomen had killed her husband.
It was decided that Mondo, lateen sail, St. Bruno and Sondi would channelise them back then they would remain on to Tondors Tribe.

Mondo 's kin furnished all the men with gig including the teenage boy this made them a force to be reckoned with. 9 Spear men and 2 Big Cats. I think they would savour meeting up with some lomen. The char were pulling the travois and each travois had at to the lowest degree 4 extra spears on it. Three mean solar day into their trek they got their indirect request. Thanks to the bozo they were gear up, the adult female and children gathered in the shopping centre the men squatted around them with their gig angled out to protect the women.


The lomen charged out of the scrub screaming and waving their clubs. Mondo and Lateen stood and began throwing their spears with the cleaning woman handing them more. The lomen were surprised when the Cats attacked from behind. The Caterpillar forced the lomen onto the drop anchor shaft and the Villagers stabbed with malice. They were angry and wanted revenge. By the clip it was all over there were 11 suddenly lomen and four wounded. No one planned to charter prisoner, they would be finished off'. The Villagers had 2 men with part clappers and one dead. It was obvious that the charwoman were proud of their men. One of the injured had a fall apart shoulder joint. The loman got through and caught him with its night club. One of the women picked up a spear and stabbed the loman multiple metre. The early adult female jumped in and it was a Melee after that.

3 workweek later we entered their village. Each travois was loaded with substance and furs, we had hunted on the way. We were met by the village chief and the medicine man. After they conquered their veneration of the quat we were welcomed with overt arms. The people we had returned to their village equaled over a third of the Village population and were married woman 's and girl and fathers and Logos. They were very authoritative to the settlement. They threw us a fiesta that night and we departed early the next morning.

lateen assured Mondo that they only had two more days till they reached the Cave of Tondars kin. He also told him about the discontent Grog had caused. lateen sail said he was trusted that Grog had beaten Mondo's female parent but could not prove it.. Mondo informed him he needed no proof ... Grog had tried to shoot down him and that was enough he was going to call him out..



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Lateen informed Mondo the cave was just over the rising slope. Mondo stepped out a small faster. A big Cat to either side and the Sun behind him Mondo looked like a Golden heavyweight. The people of the clan raised their hands to shade off their eyes trying to place the image before them. Lateen picked this time to pace into the opinion. He hollered,"Hello the bivouac"…. Tondar yelled it is lateen sail. Sonda began to run to fulfil her Dad but seeing one of the Big Cats step forward caused her to stop over. Grog walked out of the cave … quiet fell over the encampment as Mondo 's vocalism bellowed out ..."Grog ... you tried to Kill Me ... For that I Call you OUT !"

Mondo did not pause he walked straight to Grog and one huge fist crashed into Grogs expression. The blow knocked grog to the land. Mondo systemically beat Grog senseless. No one tried to stop the massacre, Saint Bruno and Sondi were walking a lap around the combatants. Grog tried to snap up a spear to use against Mondo. But an enrage Mondo just brushed it aside and continued to beat his resister to a pulp. Mondo slowly began to break the thrashing and backed off looking at the fat glob of jelly at his feet. Mondo turned and looked at Tondar By my decree and the police force of the Clan ... I claim all Grogs Possessions an cast out him from the clan. Tondar smiled and asked,"What about your Mother ?"
"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 untested adult female and a clan Orion 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 campaign with his digit. When Sonda turned she found herself facing one of the Big big cat,"Sonda meet Sondi. We accept you."

Lateen began unloading the travois and putting heart on to cook. Every one just walked around Grog until Mondo grabbed his infantry and drug him outside the inner circle and dumped him there. As he walked into camp Lateen was telling everyone of Momd 's Clan and that there was no penury to move camp twice a twelvemonth and there was a medication charwoman and a sound 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 only affair he hate about it is he did not get to do the beating himself. When they would go on a hunt club, Grog would denigrate him and hit him when he did not do as Grog said. Grog was a mean man. I now wish to take from Mondo.

As time went by on the trail the hunting watch hunted at their leisure. 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 children and peewee. They gathered the other nestling and drug them inside to show them everything. Mondo began doing the same with the adults. When they reached the early end of the cave they all stood silently staring at the beautiful vale. Our huts were beginning to take the shape of lasting structures. There was no need for temporary tax shelter anymore.

Tondar wanted to know everything about the oxen, the meat smoking, and especially about the Milk. They sat around a campfire and utter way into the night. One of the theme they discussed was leadership of the kinship group. It was very obvious that this was Mondo's clan but Tondar had always been Mondo's Chief. They discussed what should they do ? Sharlu spoke to Tondar, he nodded his headland,"Mondo I am getting old, I have a new wife, it is time for youthfulness to lead the tribe. As long as I am alive I will advise you as needed but You are now Chief."

Today we celebrate the joning of two clan into one Tribe the"Clan of the qat !"

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