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forsothifortheirtesandtheirownyoung,and</p>
theylikedthetasteofhunbeings.ithere</p>
yousteithereatorbeeaten,andlifewasveryunhappy</p>
becauseitisery.</p>
insuer,nothesrgraysofthe</p>
sun,andduringtheerhischildreh</p>
inhisar.urehurtitself,andhunting</p>
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ankleshehadnoootakeadiea</p>
horribledeath.</p>
likenyoftheanilshezoohtheir</p>
strangenoises,earlyojabber.thatistosay,he</p>
endlesslyrepeatedthesaunintelligiblegibberishbecauseit</p>
pleasedhiohearthesoundofhisvoiduetihe</p>
leaedthatheuldusethisgutturalowahisfellow</p>
beingshreatenedandhegavecertainlittle</p>
shrieksetoan``thereisatigeror``heree</p>
fiveelephants.thehersgruhingbackat</p>
hindtheirgroeant,``iseetheor``letusrunaway</p>
andhide.andthisheinofalllanguage.</p>
but,asihavesaidbefore,ofthesebeginningsweknow</p>
soverylittle.earlynhadnotoolsandhebuilthielf</p>
nohouses.helivedanddiedanotraceofhisexistence</p>
exceptafeollarbonesandafeesofhisskull.</p>
thesetellusthatnythousandsofyearsagotheworldwas</p>
inhabitedbycertainals</p>
alltheotheranilsanother</p>
unknoalowalkon</p>
itshindlegsasforepaere</p>
stprobablyedhthecreaturesobe</p>
ourodiateaors.</p>
itislittleenoughherestisdarkness.</p>
prehistori</p>
prehistoribeginstoke</p>
thingsforhielf.</p>
earlyndidnotk.hekept</p>
norerdsofbirthdaysorhehour</p>
ofdeath.hehadnoideaofdaysorweeksorevenyears.</p>
butinagerackoftheseasonsforhehad</p>
noticedthattheldild</p>
springthatspringgrers</p>
ripenedandtheobeeatenand</p>
thatsuerendedsoftheleaves</p>
frohetreesandanuerofanilstingready</p>
forthelonghibealsleep.</p>
buthingunusualandratherfrighteninghad</p>
happened.sothingatterhtheher.the</p>
daysofsuerhadeverylate.thefruitshad</p>
notripehetopsoftheuntainsobevered</p>
hgrassnohaheavy</p>
burdenofsnow.</p>
then,oneing,anuerof</p>
froheothercreaturese</p>
theregionofthehighpeaks.they</p>
lookedleanandappearedtobestarving.theyutteredsounds</p>
edtosaythat</p>
theyfoodenoughforboththe</p>
oldinhabitantsandtheneers.heytriedtostay</p>
rethanafehereerriblebattlehclawlike</p>