  How do you think the Cave-men spent the winter? What kind of food do you think they ate? What do you eat in the winter? Why could not the Cave-men have as many kinds of food as you have? Do you think you could stand it to go out in the cold dressed as the Cave-men were dressed? How the Cave-men Spent the Winter Perhaps you think that the Cave-men spent a dreary winter. It might be dreary for you if you had to spend it that way. But the Cave-men knew nothing about such homes as we have. They lived in the very best home that anybody had at that time. That is why they were satisfied. When the weather was pleasant they went out to hunt, but they never had to go far. The wild animals were not yet afraid of men, and so they did not try to get away. By using their spears and stone axes, the Cave-men got plenty of meat to eat. But they got so hungry for something green, that they ate the green moss that they found in the stomach of the reindeer. Sometimes they ate the inner bark of trees. Sometimes they found nuts in squirrels’ nests, but most of the food that they ate was meat. In the coldest weather they did not have even meat, for it was not safe to hunt in the biting cold. They stayed in the cave for days at a time without a taste of food. Sometimes they were so hungry that they chewed hard skins, and they even sucked dry bones. But they managed in some way to live through these cold days, until the weather became warmer again. THINGS TO DOThink of the coldest and stormiest day you have ever seen, and draw a picture showing how it looked. Tell a story of what Brighteyes did during a cold day. Tell a story of what the Cave-men did one pleasant day in the winter. |
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