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04-04-2007, 05:07 PM
The cavern smelled of animal flesh and the evening fire, which had now gone cold. The shuffling sounds of waking emanated from the darkest corners of the cave as several of the tribe members began to emerge from sleep. Lug, the tribal leader was the first to rise.
Making his way to the fire stones near the cave entrance, Lug reached for his flint pouch and, not finding it on its thong, raised his head and emitted an horrific and shocking howl that sounded like both a cry of war and a sustained roar of intense agony. Shaking his great, hoary head and screaming with a fierce and guttural hoarseness, Lug began kicking at the reclining tribe members who rolled and crawled away from his sudden and unanticipated fury. From his own bedding of elk skins and pine needles, Og watched intently as Lug made his way around and through the cave attacking each man and woman in turn.
Og's mind turned on the problem. Lug mad. Lug mind bad, too. No fire. Lug no find sun stone bag.
Glancing around the cave, Og noticed the tribe's flint pouch near a dusty alcove. The flint pouch which Lug, as the group’s leader and most experienced bringer of meat, kept in his possession at all times had slipped from Lug's grasp sometime during the night. Og screamed and began hopping on his knees and, after gaining Lug's attention, pointed furiously at the alcove. Momentarily stunned by Og's outburst, Lug paused, puzzled. He then crouched as if to attack Og, but fortunately, his small, dark, narrow eyes followed Og's hand motions and a hint of recognition slowly passed over his dull-witted, weathered face as he saw the flint pouch. Lug leaped into the alcove and recovered the tribe's most valuable item clutching it to his breast, barring his teeth and hissing.
Some of the tribe members turned to go back to sleep. Others began rubbing their arms and legs where Lug’s vicious attacks had caused the most damage. Og rose and walked out of the cave to take a leak. Another case closed.
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Making his way to the fire stones near the cave entrance, Lug reached for his flint pouch and, not finding it on its thong, raised his head and emitted an horrific and shocking howl that sounded like both a cry of war and a sustained roar of intense agony. Shaking his great, hoary head and screaming with a fierce and guttural hoarseness, Lug began kicking at the reclining tribe members who rolled and crawled away from his sudden and unanticipated fury. From his own bedding of elk skins and pine needles, Og watched intently as Lug made his way around and through the cave attacking each man and woman in turn.
Og's mind turned on the problem. Lug mad. Lug mind bad, too. No fire. Lug no find sun stone bag.
Glancing around the cave, Og noticed the tribe's flint pouch near a dusty alcove. The flint pouch which Lug, as the group’s leader and most experienced bringer of meat, kept in his possession at all times had slipped from Lug's grasp sometime during the night. Og screamed and began hopping on his knees and, after gaining Lug's attention, pointed furiously at the alcove. Momentarily stunned by Og's outburst, Lug paused, puzzled. He then crouched as if to attack Og, but fortunately, his small, dark, narrow eyes followed Og's hand motions and a hint of recognition slowly passed over his dull-witted, weathered face as he saw the flint pouch. Lug leaped into the alcove and recovered the tribe's most valuable item clutching it to his breast, barring his teeth and hissing.
Some of the tribe members turned to go back to sleep. Others began rubbing their arms and legs where Lug’s vicious attacks had caused the most damage. Og rose and walked out of the cave to take a leak. Another case closed.
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