第5节 (第1/2页)

    forhealsand

    alsbegantopro,looking

    forsothifortheirtesandtheirownyoung,and

    theylikedthetasteofhunbeings.ithere

    yousteithereatorbeeaten,andlifewasveryunhappy

    becauseitisery.

    insuer,nothesrgraysofthe

    sun,andduringtheerhischildreh

    inhisar.urehurtitself,andhunting

    anilsareforeverbreakingtheirbonesorsprainingtheir

    ankleshehadnoootakeadiea

    horribledeath.

    likenyoftheanilshezoohtheir

    strangenoises,earlyojabber.thatistosay,he

    endlesslyrepeatedthesaunintelligiblegibberishbecauseit

    pleasedhiohearthesoundofhisvoiduetihe

    leaedthatheuldusethisgutturalowahisfellow

    beingshreatenedandhegavecertainlittle

    shrieksetoan``thereisatigeror``heree

    fiveelephants.thehersgruhingbackat

    hindtheirgroeant,``iseetheor``letusrunaway

    andhide.andthisheinofalllanguage.

    but,asihavesaidbefore,ofthesebeginningsweknow

    soverylittle.earlynhadnotoolsandhebuilthielf

    nohouses.helivedanddiedanotraceofhisexistence

    exceptafeollarbonesandafeesofhisskull.

    thesetellusthatnythousandsofyearsagotheworldwas

    inhabitedbycertainals

    alltheotheranilsanother

    unknoalowalkon

    itshindlegsasforepaere

    stprobablyedhthecreaturesobe

    ourodiateaors.

    itislittleenoughherestisdarkness.

    prehistori

    prehistoribeginstoke

    thingsforhielf.

    earlyndidnotk.hekept

    norerdsofbirthdaysorhehour

    ofdeath.hehadnoideaofdaysorweeksorevenyears.

    butinagerackoftheseasonsforhehad

    noticedthattheldild

    springthatspringgrers

    ripenedandtheobeeatenand

    thatsuerendedsoftheleaves

    frohetreesandanuerofanilstingready

    forthelonghibealsleep.

    buthingunusualandratherfrighteninghad

    happened.sothingatterhtheher.the

    daysofsuerhadeverylate.thefruitshad

    notripehetopsoftheuntainsobevered

    hgrassnohaheavy

    burdenofsnow.

    then,oneing,anuerof

    froheothercreaturese

    theregionofthehighpeaks.they

    lookedleanandappearedtobestarving.theyutteredsounds

    edtosaythat

    theyfoodenoughforboththe

    oldinhabitantsandtheneers.he