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"You say the tiger springs upon the back of the rhinoceros. Well, what
would happen if he should miss, and not land on the back?" asked Thorn.
"In that case he would likely have short time to live," said Flint.
"For the rhinoceros is a furious beast when angry. If he gets his
terrible two-horned snout under the body of his enemy and gives an
upward fling of his powerful neck, the end is near. So fierce is the
rhinoceros when angry, that even the mammoth is afraid of him and keeps
out of his way."
[Illustration: Tiger's tooth]
CHAPTER VIII
THE MAKING OF STONE WEAPONS
Thorn and his grandfather walked for a long time, but at last Flint
pointed to a cave in the side of the hill and said, "We rest there."
As they came up, Thorn saw his grandmother sitting in the sun at her
door. Flint said to her, "Here is Thorn, your grandson."
"The little man!" she said, and laid her rough hand on his shoulder
gently.
Then she quickly cut off big pieces of the rhinoceros meat and ran a
long stick through them, and placed the stick over the burning fire.
While the meat was cooking, Flint was telling about Burr and her little
family; and of Strongarm's surprise at the making of fire; and of the
lion hunt; and of the sleeping tiger they had seen on the way home.
After the hungry man and boy had eaten great pieces of the roasted
meat, they went to the stone yard.
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