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Folk    should    dare   to  withstand    him。    His    hand   shot   out  and   clutched 

Crooked´Leg by the neck。 The latter sank his teeth into Red´Eye's arm�察�but 

the next moment�察�with a broken neck�察�Crooked´Leg was floundering and 

squirming      on   the  ground。     The    Singing    One    screeched    and   gibbered。 

Red´Eye   seized   her   by  the   hair   of   her   head   and   dragged   her   toward   his 

cave。     He handled her roughly when the climb began�察�and he dragged and 

hauled her up into the cave。 

     We were very angry�察�insanely�察�vociferously angry。 Beating our chests�察�

bristling�察�and gnashing our teeth�察�we gathered together in our rage。                    We 

felt   the   prod   of   gregarious   instinct�察  �the   drawing   together   as   though   for 

united action�察�the impulse toward cooperation。              In dim ways this need for 

united action was impressed upon us。 But there was no way to achieve it 

because there was no way to express it。             We did not turn to�察�all of us�察�and 

destroy   Red´Eye�察  �because   we   lacked   a   vocabulary。         We   were   vaguely 

thinking     thoughts     for  which     there   were    no   thought´symbols。       These 

thought´symbols were yet to be slowly and painfully invented。 

     We   tried   to   freight   sound   with   the   vague   thoughts   that   flitted   like 

shadows through our consciousness。               The Hairless One began to chatter 

loudly。    By his noises he expressed anger against Red´Eye and desire to 

hurt Red´Eye。       Thus far he got�察�and thus far we understood。 But when he 

tried to express the cooperative impulse that stirred within him�察�his noises 

became gibberish。 Then Big´Face�察�with brow´bristling and chest´pounding�察�

began to chatter。 One after another of us joined in the orgy of rage�察�until 

even   old   Marrow´Bone   was   mumbling   and   spluttering   with   his   cracked 

voice and withered lips。         Some one seized a stick and began pounding a 

log。    In a moment he had struck a rhythm。 Unconsciously�察�our yells and 

exclamations   yielded   to   this   rhythm。      It   had   a   soothing   effect   upon   us�察�

and before we knew it�察�our rage forgotten�察�we were in the full swing of a 

hee´hee council。 

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inconsequentiality of the Folk。 Here were we�察�drawn together by mutual 

rage and the impulse toward cooperation�察�led off into forgetfulness by the 

establishment of a rude rhythm。             We   were sociable and gregarious�察�and 

these   singing   and   laughing   councils   satisfied   us。     In   ways   the   hee´hee 

council was an adumbration of the councils of primitive man�察�and of the 

great national assemblies and international conventions of latter´day man。 

But we Folk of the Younger World lacked speech�察�and whenever we were 

so drawn together we precipitated babel�察�out of which arose a unanimity of 

rhythm  that   contained   within   itself   the   essentials   of  art   yet   to   come。 It 

was art nascent。 

     There was nothing long´continued about these rhythms that we struck。 

A rhythm was soon lost�察�and pandemonium reigned until we could find the 

rhythm again or start a new one。           Sometimes half a dozen rhythms would 

be   swinging   simultaneously�察  �each   rhythm  backed   by  a   group   that   strove 

ardently to drown out the other rhythms。 

     In   the   intervals   of  pandemonium�察       �each    chattered�察   �cut  up�察  �hooted�察�

screeched�察�and danced�察�himself sufficient unto himself�察�filled with his own 

ideas and volitions to the exclusion of all others�察�a veritable centre of the 

universe�察�divorced for the time being from any unanimity with the other 

universe´centres leaping and yelling around him。                 Then would come the 

rhythma      clapping    of   hands�察   �the  beating    of  a  stick   upon   a   log�察 �the 

example   of   one   that   leaped   with   repetitions�察  �or   the   chanting   of   one   that 

uttered�察 �explosively  and   regularly�察  �with   inflection   that   rose   and   fell�察   �A´ 

bang�察�a´bang� �A´bang�察�a´bang� ─�One after another of the self´centred Folk 

would   yield   to   it�察  �and   soon   all   would   be   dancing   or   chanting   in   chorus。 

;Ha´ah�察�ha´ah�察�ha´ah´ha� ─�was one of our favorite choruses�察�and   another 

was�察 �Eh´wah�察�eh´wah�察�eh´wah´hah� ─�

     And   so�察  �with   mad   antics�察  �leaping�察  �reeling�察  �and   over´balancing�察  �we 

danced and   sang in   the sombre twilight of   the primeval   world�察 �inducing 

forgetfulness�察     �achieving      unanimity�察    �and    working      ourselves     up   into 

sensuous      frenzy。    And     so  it  was   that  our   rage   against    Red´Eye     was 

soothed away by art�察�and we screamed the wild choruses of the hee´hee 

council until the night warned us of its terrors�察�and we crept away to our 

holes in the rocks�察�calling softly to one another�察�while the stars came out 



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and darkness settled down。 

     We were   afraid only  of   the   dark。        We   had   no germs   of   religion�察�no 

conceptions of an unseen world。               We knew only the real world�察�and the 

things we feared were the real things�察�the concrete dangers�察�the flesh´and´ 

blood animals that preyed。            It was they that made us afraid of the dark�察�

for darkness was the time of the hunting animals。                    It was then that they 

came out of their lairs and pounced upon one from the dark wherein they 

lurked invisible。 

     Possibly it was out of this fear of the real denizens of the dark that the 

fear   of   the   unreal   denizens   was   later   to   develop   and   to   culminate   in   a 

whole and mighty unseen world。               As imagination grew it is likely that the 

fear of death increased until the Folk that were to come projected this fear 

into   the   dark   and   peopled   it   with   spirits。   I   think   the   Fire   People   had 

already begun to be afraid of the dark in this fashion�察�but the reasons we 

Folk   had   for   breaking   up   our   hee´hee   councils   and   fleeing   to   our   holes 

were   old   Saber´Tooth�察  �the   lions   and   the   jackals�察  �the   wild   dogs   and   the 

wolves�察�and all the hungry�察�meat´eating breeds。 



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                              CHAPTER XV 



       Lop´Ear got married。        It was the second winter after our adventure´ 

journey�察�and it was most unexpected。            He gave me no warning。          The first 

I knew was one twilight when I climbed the cliff to our cave。            
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