Observation Of The Mammoth
Today was a rather normal day. I helped gather wild plants with my aunt and mother while my brothers and the elder men were out hunting game. When I finished with my daily chores, I snuck out to watch the other men hunt game. As I drew myself closer to the scene, I noticed some of the kids were already there. They were all watching with anticipation and excitement. After all, it is going to be a mammoth this time! The group consisted of seven men, two of which were fairly young. The men were all spread out, hiding behind trees and rocks. As the mammoth got closer, one of the elder men gave a signal and the group charged at the mammoth. In the midst of surprise the mammoth crushed two of the men. The group, however, was not affected by the
death of these two men since it was a common occurrence when hunting big game. They simply kept on charging and piercing the mammoth with their hand axes. Eventually the mammoth stopped resisting and collapsed. I quickly ran back to the cave so my mother wouldn’t realize that I was gone. Luckily, my mother didn’t notice me because she was too busy setting up tents and rationing the foods. When the group of men brought back the dead mammoth, everyone praised them. The group, hungry, immediately began salvaging for its meat. In the process of salvaging, they gave the mammoth hide to some of the people who needed new clothes and used the mammoth bones for tools. After a hard day of work everyone went back to their tents or caves to sleep. It was raining hard this night. The ground was cold and it was starting to get muddy. Among the crashing noise of thunder was the scream of one of our people. We immediately woke up to see what the cause was. What we saw was inexplicable. Fear flooded our minds and people started scrambling about. The thing was red and powerful. It seemed to be emitting a wave of heat. As the rain grew harder, the red blaze seemed to die down. Satisfied that the mysterious thing had disappeared, we all went back to sleep. My mother woke me up the next morning and told me that we would be leaving soon. I guess this means that we are out of food. I sighed to myself. There was no end to this kind of lifestyle. I wish I could just settle down in one place long enough to call it my home.
death of these two men since it was a common occurrence when hunting big game. They simply kept on charging and piercing the mammoth with their hand axes. Eventually the mammoth stopped resisting and collapsed. I quickly ran back to the cave so my mother wouldn’t realize that I was gone. Luckily, my mother didn’t notice me because she was too busy setting up tents and rationing the foods. When the group of men brought back the dead mammoth, everyone praised them. The group, hungry, immediately began salvaging for its meat. In the process of salvaging, they gave the mammoth hide to some of the people who needed new clothes and used the mammoth bones for tools. After a hard day of work everyone went back to their tents or caves to sleep. It was raining hard this night. The ground was cold and it was starting to get muddy. Among the crashing noise of thunder was the scream of one of our people. We immediately woke up to see what the cause was. What we saw was inexplicable. Fear flooded our minds and people started scrambling about. The thing was red and powerful. It seemed to be emitting a wave of heat. As the rain grew harder, the red blaze seemed to die down. Satisfied that the mysterious thing had disappeared, we all went back to sleep. My mother woke me up the next morning and told me that we would be leaving soon. I guess this means that we are out of food. I sighed to myself. There was no end to this kind of lifestyle. I wish I could just settle down in one place long enough to call it my home.