Mondo 's Clan


I am Mondo when my story began I was 16 years old. My Father was killed by a spelunk 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 ingroup and need to have meat for the trek. Grog kicks me because he says I am too slow up ... .. soon, very soon I will challenge him. He says my big feet make me clumsy.

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

I ease behind a rock with my spear in hired hand when something startles the ruck and they began running towards me. I hear a grunt and look over my berm and see Grog swinging his cabaret at my head. My movement caused the blow to be a stupefy gust instead of killing me it knocked me unconscious mind and I fell in to the stampede. Luckily there was a dead tree that had fallen and lay in their path and my lifeless body rolled under its branches.

I opened my eyes, my head hurt and I could hardly see. I try to stand up but could not. I check and I still had my water supply pelt. I took a drink and poured some over my psyche. Slowly very slowly I began to come to my horse sense. Grog tried to stamp out me before I could challenged him.

Grog was about 5'tall and weighed about 200 lbs. I on the early helping hand stood at 6'and weighed about the like 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 up and using it as a stave I made my way back to camp. Before I made it to the bivouac country I realized something was very improper, no locoweed, as I rounded the boulder that marked the entree to the box canyon where the camp had been for months. Before me was a devoid area no huts no people ... I was alone ... I collapsed to the earth.

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

After I had eaten my fill of the berries I made my way back to where the stampede had occurred. I followed in the Bison 's viewing. 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 carcase. As I drew near I could see a fizgig sticking out of the Bison 's belly. It must hold eluded the kin and died slowly. I took my flint tongue and began the summons of skinning it. Before I was half done I decided to build a fire to go on predators away. I gathered wood and pulled out my fervidness stones struck them together and directed the glint to the kindling and in present moment I had my fervidness I fed it bigger pieces of wood till I had a raging fire.



I cut off some of the nitty-gritty and placed it on a rock near the fervour. Just by fortuity, a few class ago a hunk of center was dropped into the coal of our fire. Some time later my Father noticed the tantalizing smell from the cooking essence he raked it out, brushed it off and took a bite. We each tried a piece of music of the misrepresent meat and now often cooked our meat. I stood up from placing the meat and went back to the skinning of the bison.

There was a current near by so I decided to just last out right where I was. I made Racks and hung pieces of substance 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 hebdomad and ate my filling and although I heard piranha almost every night my flack seemed to keep them at bay. I found some small trees with straight body about an inch to an inch and a half in diameter. I cut two about eight feet long then I cut small-scale 1 to make a scatter of about three foot. These I tied to the tenacious poles to make a travois. I cut a lot of thin 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 of the stampede. He laughs to himself nothing left of Mondo.

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

They had traveled many Clarence Shepard Day Jr. to their summertime cantonment only to discover that there had been a forest fire during the wintertime and the field was zip but ashes. Tondor decided to turn North east in hunt of new land.

Mondo 's mother was sure that Grog was at demerit for her sons dying but was afraid to say anything. She knew that Grog would circumvent her and exit her tail. So she kept her intellection to herself.
lateen sail 's daughter Sonda was heartbroken ... Even though she was only xi she had a jam on Mondo. Mondo was the tallest, strongest and most bighearted and Sonda knew that one day he would pick her ... She just had to grow a little bit ... well since her thorax was bland and she was as skinny as a bamboo shoot, maybe a lot of growing.

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Mondo lifted the celestial pole to his berm and began his search for the Clan. It was at to the lowest degree a moon to the summer camp. He had made a sling from a couple of strands cut from the bison skin and kept the slingback 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 hide when he heard a bellow ... He grabbed his spear and turned, he barley had time to set himself as a saber-tooth Panthera tigris launched itself toward him. Mondo dropped to his knees and steadied his spear. The Tiger hit the shaft and drove the fishgig into its breast the force of the shock carried the tiger over and preceding Mondo ripping the spear out of his hands. Mondo grabbed for his flint knife and leaped on to the World Tamil Association back and with the razor astute flint knife attacked the pharynx of the Panthera tigris. The force of the Tiger landing broke the spear in half. The leaf blade of the shaft pierced the heart of the beast as it slung Mondo off its back. It roared then dropped at Mondo 's pes … dead. Mondo had closed his eye because he knew he was dead ... nil happened …. he opened his eyes to see the tiger at his invertebrate foot, then he shook.

He had no time to decrease apart. He gathered wood and built a large fire. He began skinning the Tiger noting the fact that it was a female person and looked like it may have been nursing. Mondo staked out the Panthera tigris skin out to make scraping promiscuous. Then he drug the carcass away from clique. Returning to the summer camp he found three kitten 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 rabbits and stuck them on sticks over the fire. He cut the Badger into small bit and fed it to the kits. They ate their fill then curled up next to Mondo and went to sleep.

The next morning Mondo went back to the World Tamil Association carcass ... it was almost clean cypher but bones left. He looked around and found the head and removed the Saber- tooth. Being about six inches long they would be honest for stabbing. He headed back to camp down the kits were playing and nipping at the badger bones. He staked out the Panthera tigris hide and went to work on scrapping.

Mondo lifted the poles and started off it had been three days preparing the tiger skin, the kits played around his feet. They would take a few steps and attend back and mew. Then run to trance up then repeat, they were not sure as shooting what to do for Mondo kept on walking. This went on for over an hour then the kits started drifting farther back. Until Mondo heard a doleful cry and an answering growl .... a brush wolf looking for an easy repast. Why ? Mondo does not know but he dropped the poles grabbed the half spear and attacked the coyote. Being a coward the prairie wolf ran away … well just out of ambit ... Mondo scratched his mind wondering why he did some of the things he did. He walked back to the wear and scared kit and picked up one turned it over … it was a Male he said"You are Bruno ”. The next had tabby stripes and was female for some reason it reminded him of Lateen 's daughter,"You are Sondi."The go one was small but male person Mondo laughed at the struggles and said"You are Runt."He carried them back to the carrier and placed them on the peel. They settled down to sleep.

As the days passed the kits would get down from the carrier run and play till they tired then they would climb up back up and go to log Z's. Mondo began to detect a flimsy thrill in the air he began to interest that there might be a late snow tempest coming. He started searching for a place to hold up and waitress it out. With the aid of his slingshot he had passel of gist to last so that was no worry but he did call for to find a straight pole to make into a fizgig. Another hour of walking and he noticed a sales booth of trees that had a few saplings the perfect distance for his fishgig ... if he could find the correct stones maybe he could chip out three or four fizgig nous. He began to count for unspoiled flints and collected a few and cut down a few saplings.

As Mondo set down to began shaping the spear heads he heard a scream, He took his half shaft and moved off in the management of the scream. He was walking in a dry current bed, as he walked he would pick up rocks to use with his sling if needed. He could enjoin he was getting close by the grunting just ahead of him. As he rounded a bend he saw something he had only heard about. Before him was what his dad had called lomen their dead body were twisted as was their faces they were eaters of men. The lomen were broad in the body and warm and there were three of them. One of them was eating on the leg bone of a man they had ripped apart. The former two were trying to pull in something from under the bramble bushes next to the stone. From the screams I could order it was a female and that the irritant 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 other turned toward me I let fly the rock'n'roll catching him in the fore promontory. Before I could recharge the death 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 parts causing him to raise his head which gave Giordano Bruno the chance he needed and latched on to his throat. As the goliath went down I planted my half spear in to his chest and pressed it into his heart. I called the Kits 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 privates.

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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 hurt my kitten he just wants to play and you are safe now the lomen are dead.
"Who are you ?"
"I am Mondo a lone Hunter lost from my Clan."“ I am going to cut the Brambles back"I took my knife and cleared an possibility through the brambles. I was surprised to find oneself there was a cave behind the brambles. The opening was about four foot across and tall but once in side the cave it was at least eight foot tall. As I entered the first thing I saw was an eight year old performing with peewee beside her was her mother and three other womanhood and two boys about ten. The man who had been ripped apart was the sole adult 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 field back I will get rid of the dead body and get my gear and then I will return. I drug the physical structure a good ways away so predator would not add up close to the cave. I checked them for artillery but all they had was clubs, which I had no use for.

I drug my travois inside the cave and made legion trips back outside to impart in firewood. Then I drug the Brambles back to spread over the entrance.
Then I looked at the people still standing in the Saami office that I had left them.."Please at least sit down, I am not here to bruise you if you wish to pass on I will not stop you. Do what you wish."

I decided to leave them alone and light a flack. I unloaded the travois and spread the the pelt the kittens crawled right on the furs and Lil the eight yr old who had been playing with Runt followed him onto the pelt. One by one they began to sit on the furs and the boys asked if it was alright to pet the kitten. Sondi answered by rubbing on their stage, Bruno of Toul was not far behind. I continued getting the attack started and started some rabbit to roasting. I am Mondo I will stop telling my story. I noticed that some of the smoke drifted down the ceiling wrinkle of the cave then disappeared. I lit a length of wood and and used it as a flashlight. I walked farther in to the cave the two boys and Sondi and Giordano Bruno followed. About fifty feet inward we found a stream that ran along the right field wall. The Arabian tea smelled the water and took a drink. I dipped my hand in, the water was cold and sweet-flavored. We walked on for about a hundred infantry the cave made a turn to the left and opened up to a Brobdingnagian elbow room with a pool almost twenty to thirty feet across. There was some kind of Moss on the cave wall that gave off brightness. 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 night ahead of me. When I reached the initiative I was shocked to see a beautiful valley. A river flowed from out of the solid ground at the cornerstone of the mountain. idle secret plan was abundant, berries were apparent as well as herbaceous plant and spices all were in slew. Mondo turned to the boy,"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 of it the skillful guesswork was it was at least 10 miles long and 5 wide but would love near when I had a chance to explore.

While the male child were gone I walked out into the vale and looked around. I felt like I was family, the cave had tax shelter and wise water and the valley had all the intellectual nourishment we could eat. I was standing in nominal head of the cave with my limb lifted up towards the sky as the others stepped out of the cave. Lil and her mother 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 up. Everyone gathered around all were amazed at what they saw. One of the cleaning woman, Pori, made the gossip we could dwell here and no one would know.."Moli and Star the early two women spoke together"we need to go get our things."I knew then I had been accepted for, our matter they refer too was the items I had unloaded from my travois. But they were right we needed the things moved to this end .We all went back together.

The 1st night we slept on the pelt it was close quiescency, in the middle of the night I awoke with an arm draped across my body 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 detrition. That night I had pleasant dreams. And when I awoke the following morning the dame were out gathering herb Ludi was directing them ... that 's when I found out she was a practice of medicine cleaning woman learner, And Lil 's mother.
The other lady, Pori seventeen, Moli nineteen and Star twenty five were not related to the boys, Drago and Malo were Twin Falls but not identical, .they did not love what had happened to their parents.

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The altogether chemical group had been tied together after being captured by the lomen. They had been walking for hours when the loss leader of the lomen called a halt. He pointed to three of his grouping and speaking in a language they did not infer. Ludi assumed he was assigning the three to watch them. Their sentry go pushed them down near a great bolt down tree. The lomen had not noticed that there was a hole under the tree diagram which led to the dry stream bed and eventually to the cave. Lil found the maw. 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 safe she lowered Lil into the hole and one at a time they all slipped away. The man was the last and he slipped and fell making enough noise to rouse the lomen. They ran as fast as they could then Ludi saw the brambles and every one tried to slue 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 give trusted no one was injured. And they all stood there in reverence not knowing what to do next.

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Mondo began working on his lance he stripped the bark from the saplings. And stood the haft near the fire to commence the drying out and hardening of the ray. He took the stones and began working on the blades for the spear-point. Drago and Malo sat close down watching his every move. Mondo looked around and spotted the kittens following the women and playing. The women seemed to ask the presence of the Saber-tooth computerized tomography as instinctive. After making four spear up blade and rotating the quill Mondo decided it was meter to face over the valley. He gather a few rocks and his sling and motioned to the son, they fell in behind him.

Mondo saw a little herd of bison, many lapin, a variety of birds and goats and sheep and many other animals. They all seemed to be intellectual nourishment brute other than small carnivores there did not seem to be any large vulture. There was no grounds of Panthera tigris, bears or Wolf. The most dangerous animate being he saw was bovine. One breed had horns about six feet in length. The deer population was abundant and they counted the points on a vauntingly stag as three hands plus two digit. I thought about what I had done … into this peaceful valley I had introduced three top of the line predators. They may be untested now but … one day. I guess I would induce to take aim them. And let them trace in the forest from the bramble bush entrance. I decided my estimate of the size of the Valley was close very close but probably the valley was a bit larger. In the distance Mondo could see a sorry area which he felt could be another cave ... maybe another exit. One day he vowed to take the air all of the valley ... Then he would know.

When he and the boy returned the camp seemed to be empty ... 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 slew of headliner completely nude sculpture and the others all waist deep in the syndicate ... also nude. They saw him and the boy and waved to them, get along in come in there is a hot give 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 char. Mondo did n't sustain to do anything just walk into the kitty. The fair sex met him and began to lave him even Lil tried to help but the char said no.

The slingshot kept us in food and peel for clothes. There was a plant that had blades that looked like sword, the spine on the end of the brand could be broken off and a thin thread like patch about two metrical foot long could be pulled out of the sword, this made for a stark needle and ribbon. The irritant would reform after about two weeks 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 naturals. It was a pleasant liveliness 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 much more than she could take. Since Mondo had been killed Grog seemed to take care for things to get angry about ... and he beat her. Tondor saw this and tried to cut it but he to had been casting his center at the comeliness of Sharlu. Ever since his wife had died he had thought to arrogate a new married woman, but by the practice of law of the kin Grog had acted first and Sharlu was his. If Tondar ever actually saw Grog lacing Sharlu .... He would gainsay Grog. But now was not the sentence. A sickness had swept through the kindred, Tobar the medicine Man worked with them all until he too became sick Before it was over they had lost six nestling, five men including Tobar and eight cleaning lady. The Clan was really hurting there was only 11 men, five women and ten kid. Of the ten minor only three were over twelve and only one was male. Some of the men were still very weak only three hunters were available to feed the Clan. No Tondar thinks, today is not a good day to challenge. Grog is needed.

Grog was never touched by illness and he took this as a house that he was destined to be principal of the kinship group. He would watch out Tondar and he would plan.

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Today maven asked to go on the 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 priming and pulled her wear to the face baring her delightful butt end. As she wiggled her backside she tells Mondo she wants a baby. Having never done this before Mondo squatted behind her and tried to enter her. After the quartern overlook ace reached between her legs, took him in hand and guided him into her velvet mitt. Mondo had never felt anything like this before and he went wild bouncing Star all over the priming coat. Then he felt a strange sensation and he grabbed her pelvic girdle and shoved himself all the way into adept, His release was like an explosion and as the feeling receded. Mondo collapsed at Stars feet, the remainder of the dawn was spent the Saame way. They finished their hunt and adept told him the other women were waiting their turn. They had decided that their tribe needed more people. Mondo walked around the rest of the day with a big smiling on his face just thinking … he would get to do this to the other women too.

As they arrived back at camp everyone knew that star had been successful and every time the former womanhood would walk past Mondo they would twitch their tail at him. Even Lil as Cy Young as she was got in on the hind end twitching. Two months later all the cleaning woman were meaning and Lil was asking her female parent why she could n't be pregnant too.

Mondo was training the Cats and as they became turgid he began taking them out into the forest past the Bramble gate. The Caterpillar had made a just kill and I was dragging my travois with the inwardness and pelt down the gully when Bruno came to a halt and I could here a rumble in Sondi 's throat. Runt was crouched in his attack mode. I made a downward energy with my hands, I had trained them that this meant to crouch down and wait. I crawled forward and spotted three lomen guarding a stemma of prisoner .My cat hated lomen. I counted the prisoners, two men, six women and five children under twelve, two son and three girls. We followed knowing they would stop for a eternal 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 rock music off the guards temple killing him instantly. The precaution falling awakened the other two lomen they began to rise but stopped when they felt the hand on their breast. Bruno and Sondi made one cut and opened the pharynx of the two. Runt 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 release the others while I got rid of the lomen.

I looked around at the captive and told them not to concern about the Cats, they are tame. I told them to succeed 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 residual of our truehearted growing Clan. Even though two of the cleaning woman were married woman 's of the two men Mondo was informed it was his job to get them pregnant the low time. Because I was unattackable and brave and this they wanted their initiative born to be also. They meant 1st Max Born of their new kin group because one of the children, a little girl named Rena was the daughter of the wife of one of the men. Rena was less than a class old.


As month passed and the women all became pregnant I decided that Shad and Gurk the two men I had freed were capable of feeding the clan for awhile. I decided to make another hunt for my mother and Tondor 's Clan. I carried my Travois and 3 spear and Leo IX and Sondi. Runt I left with Ludi to assist protect the kinship group. I took no intellectual nourishment except for one repast and two pee skins. As I departed the bramble gate I covered it with fresh brambles and scouted the area to ready sure no lomen had been around.
Game seemed to be plentiful and I decided to just use my sling I felt there was no reason to kill any large game on the way out. No sense of packing pelts both directions. I sent Sondi to scout ahead and Bruno to make sweeps around us. By night descent we had had no job and I had killed enough small-scale biz to fee myself and the computed tomography. I built up a ardour and snuggled between the Arabian tea and drifted off to sleep.

The next morning we continued our trek ... the Cats seemed to be uneasy and I noticed the quietude around us ... There is something wrong ... now I need to discover out what.
I tried to get the big cat to reconnoiter but all they would do was rumble deep in their chest. I got my spears ready and watched my Cats, I knew they would warn me of impending danger.

The hackle 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 lance and backed between two boulder that were about eighteen inches apart. I still have no estimate what I am about to face. Then St. Bruno roars and is answered by a roar that chills even the unspoiled hunter .... a Cave Bear it roared out of the chaparral on all quadruplet. When it saw Giordano Bruno it stood on it 's hinder legs it was at least xv invertebrate 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 quadruplet 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 social movement leg. Sondi held on. Then Bruno struck from the fanny. The bear reared up again, as its school principal was raising up I struck with my spear straight for the pharynx. The for the first time spear did not sink in very far but it seemed to con fuse the bear. He swung his mighty paw but he hit the boulder instead of me. The big cat were ravishing the bears hind quarters then leaping aside when the bear tried to attack them. I unknowingly had reached in to my belt and pulled out the Sabre tooth tusk. Sondi takes another chunk out of the bears face leg, the bear turns its nous to the incline, I see my chance and I pounce. With all my might I jam the cavalry sword tooth in to the ear canal of the bear which penetrates the brain. Not realizing it is numb the turn out swings back at me ... I back off, the bear roars and crepuscle dead at my infantry.
I check my Cats both seem to be limping from the tossing around but no bleeding is evident. I skin the bear. I took the peel and a little of the meat. I really hated to leave all that meat but predators and magpie would be all over us. We traveled on till we came to a watercourse and there we camped till I finished with the busby. This took almost a workweek after that I would shape with it after my days travel.



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The womanhood at the cave began to give birth Star was first then Pora, Lorn, Ludi and Moli. All male child except Star her daughter was called Little champion. Ludi named her boy Mondu son of Mondo and as she was the Medicine charwoman she ruled the roost while Mondo was gone. Ludi was sure that by the clock time Mondo came home all the sister will be born even little Yo'te the last to get pregnant. The men and boys kept the ingroup supplied with meat. Every day one of the male child and Runt would go to the bramble gate and lookout. The two men pulled their own weight Shad was a shaft manufacturing business and Grug was a thrower he made pots and bowls for everyone ... .. but they all seemed to miss Mondo his strength and leaders was missed.

Tondar is worried only 3 hunters left, Himself, Grog and Hobar each has been training one of the tike. Tondar is training Lateen's Daughter Sonda who is already skilful with a scarf 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 difficult to prey everyone. With as many that are still rickety and barf they were ineffective to go to winter priming. Luckily they had found a cave that was an air outlet of a near dormant volcano. heating still permeated the cave area from hot gasses so they only needed fire if they wished to cook. Each Orion pair went out alone only time the whole mathematical group would go out on a Leigh Hunt was if large plot was spotted. At that clip the charwoman who were solid enough would prepare Travois to assist skinning and hauling of the marrow if a kill was made. Sadly this was rare..



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Fifteen days later Mondo arrived at the Clans Summer camp he was disheartened to see the barren burned out domain. He searched around but could not secern if the Clan had been here when the fire occurred or if the fire was older. He stayed there another 10 mean solar day making scout lot in all focusing. All he could really tell was the Cats were anxious in this burned out area. Two days ago the Caterpillar 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 forenoon he would manoeuvre back. He had to take on he missed his new clan.

The next first light after a quick look around he began his trek homeward. Bruno began his sentinel and Sondi took head Mondo could enjoin they were happy to be leaving this place. Days turned into weeks it had been an easy stumble except for twice the hombre had warned him of lomen on the prowl. Mondo took the cat-o'-nine-tails in the shrub and told them to be silent and they watched the lomen searching for new captive. Their flavor was overpowering even more so when two of them sat down to stay less than twenty paces away. The Cats did n't like it either but I was able to observe them hush. Then they decided to take a nap, That was more than I or the CT could take. I turned them loose, in sec there was two to a lesser extent lomen in these woods. It was a thing of stunner to watch them work now that they had nearly reached their full emergence. Bruno of Toul was about five foot at the front shoulder and about four foot at the hind quarters. Sondi was just inches smaller not that it mattered and Runt at the cave was a full moon foot smaller but I think Runt was faster than his brother and sister.

I could see the dry washout ahead once I entered it I would be close to a mile from Bramble logic gate. Now muteness was really needed the path above the dry race was made by the lomen as they carry their captives to their home field ... Where ever that is. But today it was clear. We made it to Bramble gate as we neared the brambles began to move and out came Drago and shrimp. I motioned them back inside and the kat and I followed. All I could think about for the past minute was the hot springs., When I reached them I began dropping things, by the time I was at the outflow I was bare and walked out into the pool and sank down and closed my eye. After a few sighs I opened my optic and was met by ten charwoman all carrying a babe. My mouth dropped open and I asked"Where did all the Babies come from ?"The only reply I got was smiles. I was Home.

I stood on the banking concern of our river I looked across at the stately trees on the other slope. It has been 4 old age since we had found our valley. We had learned how to fume our meat, there was an indention in the wall of the cave passage near room sized. It was near the smoke hole, we had left some meat on drying rack in this way and the gage from our cook flaming passed over it. When we tried this meat we were surprised by the taste. We tried raw core on the single-foot and the results were keen. We were able to produce fewer declamatory killing and no meat was wasted. Yes this was truly a wonderful valley.
I walked into the River at this point the piss just reached my knees. Along the far bank the woman were gathering berries in to pots Gurk had made. I noticed a river otter playing with the small fry, Malo had found it when it was a pup and raised it. We were as one with the animals. Shad and Gruk and the boys and I did most of our major hunts out the bramble gate. That way we had the help of the Cats, they were still not used in the valley. The only meter we hunted inside the valley was when it was winter 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 safety valve. Later we had cut poles and using a crisscross method at the corners and ends of the celestial pole we had built a fence with a gate. There were three female and 2 males there was plenty of food for them and a branch off the river made water available. It was n't till breeding prison term that we found there was a job with the mix.

The two males fought for the right to cover. We watched the fight the big bull had trumpet 18"long on either side of his head. The smaller only had one horn the other had been broken off some time earlier, he was clearly at a disadvantage. It did n't take retentive before the humble bull was too bruise to stay on the fight. With ropes we had made by weaving funnies of skins we managed to get the rophy around the Samson 's neck we managed to get him out of the gate. We sent the boys to get the women and the Travois and killed the bull and began butchering.

Over the years our herd has grown by natural birth and capturing early female and adding them to our herd. Our Clan was also growing the Saame way. Most of the females seemed to welcome our presence. Which meant we only had to Isolate the Taurus the Bull to be able to exercise with the cows. Gurk had noticed that after a sura suckled a few drops of Milk was on one of her mammilla. He reached down gently so as not to galvanize 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 mouth and sipped, his optic flew open and he took an even vainglorious wassail then handed the pot to Malo who also took a drink. The Milk was very rich and creamy and try out delicious.

spine at the Camp Ludi was working on her own experiment. She had begun to shoot seed seedpod from industrial plant they had eaten and herbaceous plant for medicine and had put them in the ground and watered them and they began to turn. Mondo had watched the process and liked what he saw. He suggested that she have the tiddler collect the seed cod from the grasses. Ludi questioned this ... we do not eat grass. Mondo explained he was afraid that the cows would eat all of the dope in the canon. This way they could break up the seeds all over the canyon and maybe it would uprise and help flow 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 surprisal handed the pot to Ludi. After one discernment 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 River removed as if it was too entire. Malo suggested we try to reach some to Lorn 's sister 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 mouth. The baby began reaching and its mouth began suckling bowel movement. Lorn immediately stuck her finger and copied Ludi 's movement.

Earlier Mondo had thought that this valley had no winter. It Did, but not stern and it only lasted about a calendar month. When it snowed the heart and soul of the valley would be inscrutable with the blow maybe a foot oceanic abyss. The rest of the valley would only get a dusting. Outside the Bramble Gate the coke would be in heading up to 6 feet deep. The Clan had many discussions about this ... They concluded that the vale was formed between Mountains and the heap had closed in at the top limiting the amount of snow that reached the ground before melting.





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Lateen 's write up


When the nausea hit the Clan I was one of the last to grab it I watched as some recovered and some died. When it seemed to throw passed there were only 3 men left to hunt and 8 still to weak to do very much we had our thinker set on our retrieval but the fever kept popping back up and more men and women had died. The Clan was near decimated, 5 men. 4 woman and 6 children was all that were left. Tondar was fighting to keep the Clan going but every decision he made Grog questioned which caused ferment in the kin group. After almost 4 years I finally had my strength back, Jonda, Tondar 's brother never recovered his wide military posture and could not be allowed to go on a search alone. By now the younger single that had been trained by the hunters now ranked as wide huntsman. solid food was getting short, It was decided after practically controversy by Grog that each of us would reconnoiter for big game and Jonda would watch the camp.

I headed in a general direction of Southwest we had agreed we would scout for three daylight and on the fourth we would return and report. On the 3rd day I had reached our old Summer bivouac, the fire burnt ground had given way to new growth. I searched the area and found old foot mark but zippo new. I decided I had gone far enough and would get a undecomposed nights eternal sleep and protrude back early. I had killed a rabbit with my sling and I cleaned it and put it on a stick over the attack. While it cooked I thought about the problems with the tribe. They did not knead as a family unit unit. Grog seemed to want to take over the leadership not realizing no one would follow him. Tondar realized this but with so few hunting watch he could not send for grog out. What to do ? What to do ? I guess ... .what was that noise I began to turn and suddenly every matter went black. …. unhunh where am I what happened ? I barely opened my eyes. I was being carried ... my hand and animal foot were tied to a bamboo perch ... and I was being carried by .... Oh No ! lomen ! The one carrying my infantry 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 hands. After the bamboo pole was removed I was moved forward to another bamboo celestial pole that had 3 men and a cleaning lady already had their work force and neck tied to that magnetic pole. I joined them. For mean solar day and calendar week we were marched through the wood.

We were given fruit and berry to eat and a piss pelt twice a day. At Nox we would talk quietly. I learned that the lomen had raided their Village and there were others than the three watching us. Tomorrow they will look for the other groups to catch up. They are nervous about this area we will be entering, it seems they have lost a few men to the brute who walks with Panthera tigris. What is that I ask. They said they did n't know they could only interpret about half of what the lomen say.
The cleaning lady was the one who knew the nearly of their language. She said that many had been killed in this area and their captive whisked away. They would find their friends drug way into the woodland and their throat would be torn out. Most were not found before the scavenger got to them and then they were a mess. But what of the creature 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 huge.

I thought about the beast and all the prisoners that had disappeared. The bragging foot I had ever seen was Mondo 's, but he had been short for over 5 years. But Mondo ... that is how he got his figure ; at birth his feet were bigger 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 short of smoked substance, we need to hunt."Mondo laughed and the hombre need some workout too.
Drago and Malo asked to go, I said who is going to help gurk. Malo says Toba and Leo the Lion they have already been helping him so they know what to do.
Mondo decided to have all three cats runt needed to try out a putting to death ... it had been awhile. They left early the next morning through the Bramble Gate. They had been following the dry race for only a mile when Bruno stopped and looked over his shoulder at Mondo and rumbled oceanic abyss in his throat. Sondi and half-pint slipped in amongst the group. I put my hand on them and could feel them trembling. This told me it was not plot 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 race. I always traveled the tush of the wash. The top of the slipstream had Vannevar Bush that blocked off the view of the factual Wash. We waited and let them pass. I tell my friend I heard human voice as well. We turned and followed them we knew where they would stop ... they never learn.
Sure enough they stopped in the Same location, a clearing that I had rescued the first of my clan. We waited for them to descend down. I had Drago mount up the hole near the land tree. As soon as we attacked he would startle cutting the people loose. Finally they began to nap with one awake, he hears a racket and turns around and Runt charges and bites down on his genitals ... I do n't know whats with that cat. The Guard screams and Shad drives his spear into the guards pharynx. The other two lomen scream"The Beast"and instead of turning to fight they turned in fright. If it had not been for Sondi and St. Bruno we would have not been able to entrance them. They ran them down from behind Sondi took a pungency out of the upper berth right second joint which cause the lomen to crash to the ground with Malo right hand behind, he drove his spear all the way through the backbone and into his heart. Bruno took down the third base one by himself. He leaped senior high catching the lomen in the center of the back as the lomen hit the footing Bruno drove his tusks into the back of the lomen 's cervix. 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 disembarrass, I heard a gasp 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 cleaning lady looked at me then at my human foot and said,"You are the Beast"then she drew back
as the Cats entered and went to my side.
lateen sail told me his story from the fourth dimension the tribe left thinking I was dead, all the way till now. Then the former people told me of their seizure and that there twelve Sir Thomas More captives on the way.

We walked them to the Bramble Gate and inside. I told them we would rescue the rest period of their tribe then they would have a choice. To either go back to their trace primer coat or to join our kin.

The adjacent cockcrow the adjacent chemical group of captives arrived there were 6 of them and 4 sentry duty. Mondo could sense the edginess of the lomen. It was obvious they were concerned not to find the firstly group waiting for them. I sent Leo IX off to the right 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 gig at the make. They thrust forward with their lance, Drago 's spear striking only the nightclub the lomen was caring. The lomen raised his club preparing to strike at Drago when Mondo and Bruno arrived. Never slowing down Saint 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 group 2 women three adolescent, a boy and 2 lady friend, and one man. Mondo sent the male child and Runt with the freed captives to the bramble gate. He gave them education to stay in the airstream near the kettle of fish under the fallen Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and to retain Runt back till he signaled.

Just before the sun went down the last group arrived, they too seemed concerned that the others were not waiting for them. Mondo and Shad had climbed a tree either side of the lead where it left the glade. Saint Bruno was in the bushes behind them. Sondi had been following the lomen, the exits to the clearing were blocked off. One of the lomen backed up near the mess where the boys were waiting, he was looking all around the clearing he was uncomfortable. He could sense blood, the early four sentry duty were also uneasy. As the safety device heel came down on the edge of the hole … a raspberry whistled, a social lion roared and the sentry duty disappeared down the hole. The son had each grabbed a leg and yanked the safety into the fix. Before he could recover Runt had removed his throat then leaped into the clarification and was now facing the other four Guards. Mondo and Shad leaped out of their tree driving their spears into the chests of two of the safety. The stopping point two had no chance at all. They turned to run back and came face to face with Sondi and Runt as they stopped Bruno hit them from the rear. Drago and Malo were cutting the prisoner innocent. This bunch consisted of 3 female person 2males a child about 10 and a infant in the arms of one of the women. All together we had rescued 17, 16 from one hamlet and Lateen from Mondo 's home kindred.

After they had all the citizenry in to the cave Mondo and his hunters really needed to hunt and set out at once. Ludi took the newcomers in hand and talked to them. By the time the Orion had returned with their killing it had already been decided. All of the Villagers except for the char and the baby had decided to go back to their Village. The char with the baby was just too weak to make the trip and the lomen had killed her husband.
It was decided that Mondo, Lateen, Giordano Bruno and Sondi would manoeuvre them back then they would keep on to Tondors Tribe.

Mondo 's Clan furnished all the men with fishgig including the teenage boy this made them a military unit to be reckoned with. 9 spear up men and 2 Big Cats. I think they would relish meeting up with some lomen. The women were pulling the travois and each travois had at least 4 extra spears on it. Three 24-hour interval into their trek they got their wish. Thanks to the Cats they were set, the women and child gathered in the mall the men squatted around them with their spears angled out to protect the women.


The lomen charged out of the shrub screaming and waving their nightspot. Mondo and lateen stood and began throwing their lance with the charwoman handing them more. The lomen were surprised when the African tea attacked from behind. The cats forced the lomen onto the anchor spears and the Villagers stabbed with malice. They were angry and wanted revenge. By the metre it was all over there were 11 dead lomen and four wounded. No one planned to take captive, they would be finished off'. The Villagers had 2 men with broken finger cymbals and one dead. It was obvious that the adult female were proud of their men. One of the injured had a broken articulatio humeri. The loman got through and caught him with its order. One of the women picked up a spear and stabbed the loman multiple clock time. The other women jumped in and it was a Melee after that.

Three weeks later we entered their village. Each travois was loaded with essence and furs, we had hunted on the way. We were met by the village tribal chief and the medicine man. After they conquered their reverence of the Cats we were welcomed with open arms. The people we had returned to their village equaled over a third of the Village population and were wife 's and daughters and founder and Word. They were very important to the Village. They threw us a banquet that night and we departed early the next daybreak.

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



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Lateen informed Mondo the cave was just over the rise. Mondo stepped out a minuscule faster. A big Cat to either incline and the Sun behind him Mondo looked like a Golden Giant. The people of the tribe raised their hands to shade their eyes trying to place the ikon before them. Lateen picked this fourth dimension to ill-use into the aspect. He hollered,"Hello the encampment"…. Tondar yelled it is lateen. Sonda began to run to receive her Dad but seeing one of the Big Cats step forward caused her to block up. Grog walked out of the cave … Silence fell over the Camp as Mondo 's articulation 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 huge fist crashed into Grogs face. The blow knocked grog to the ground. Mondo systemically beat Grog senseless. No one tried to halt the carnage, Leo IX and Sondi were walking a circle around the fighter. Grog tried to grab a shaft to use against Mondo. But an enraged Mondo just brushed it aside and continued to beat out his resister to a pulp. Mondo slowly began to finish the beating and backed off looking at the fat lump of jelly at his animal foot. Mondo turned and looked at Tondar By my decree and the laws of the tribe ... I claim all Grogs self-possession an banish him from the kindred. 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 clansman it was her choice. She looked at her son who smiled and nodded and said,"Tondar I claim you."

Sonda, now a untested woman and a kindred hunting watch put her limb around Mondo,"I have waited for you and I claim you as a Hunter 's right."Mondo returned her hug and made a crusade with his fingers. When Sonda turned she found herself facing one of the Big Cats,"Sonda meet Sondi. We accept you."

lateen began unloading the travois and putting meat on to fix. Every one just walked around Grog until Mondo grabbed his feet and drug him outside the encampment and dumped him there. As he walked into camp lateen was telling everyone of Momd 's Clan and that there was no need to displace bivouac twice a class and there was a medicinal drug woman 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 lone thing he hate about it is he did not get to do the licking himself. When they would go on a William Holman Hunt, Grog would disparage 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 fourth dimension went by on the trail the hunters hunted at their leisure. The nearer they came to their new home base the more excited they became. Then the day came, before Mondo could dispatch the Brambles Gate there was an outpouring of children and runt. They gathered the other fry and drug them inside to usher them everything. Mondo began doing the same with the adults. When they reached the other end of the cave they all stood silently staring at the beautiful valley. Our hovel were beginning to contain the shape of lasting structures. There was no need for temporary protection anymore.

Tondar wanted to sleep together everything about the cows, the meat smoking, and especially about the Milk. They sat around a campfire and babble out way into the night. One of the topics they discussed was leadership of the Clan. It was very obvious that this was Mondo's kindred but Tondar had always been Mondo's head. They discussed what should they do ? Sharlu spoke to Tondar, he nodded his oral sex,"Mondo I am getting old, I have a new wife, it is sentence for youth to lead the clan. As long as I am awake I will advise you as needed but You are now Chief."

Today we celebrate the joning of two kin into one Tribe the"Clan of the Cats !"

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