The First Time at the Cave

The baby mammoth followed the kids up to the cave, and the whole cave stood there staring at the baby mammoth. Little Leaf said they found the baby after the mammoth hunt, and it followed them home. The little mammoth had nowhere to go.

They gave the meat to their grandparents, and everyone was eating except the mammoth. They all looked at the baby, but as they were not hungry the baby was safe. The baby mammoth laid down on the floor and went to sleep. 
 

All the children from the cave went over and patted the animal and stroked its rough fur. The baby didn't mind. The kids had never been this close to a baby mammoth, or any mammoth for that matter. Only dead ones that had fallen over the cliff. 
 

Anyway it was time to move everybody over to the base of the cliff. There they would cut up the mammoths and carry the meat back to the cave for the winter.

They all picked up what they needed as they could be away from the cave for a few days. And they headed out into the beautiful autumn evening weather. Then of course the baby mammoth followed, trudging after the kids. The way down to the river was long and tiring and very hot. The kids were covered in sweat. 
 

The river was a welcome sight for the tired little group of very young and very old people. The kids were first to jump in the cool water followed by the baby. And finally the old people jumped in to cool off. 
 

The mammoth was squirting water all over the kids and they loved it. They even climbed on the mammoth's back and jumped off into the water. Then they would sit on the mammoths back as it swam around the river.

Now it was time to move on to the base of the cliff, but it was getting dark, and the kids were all wet and cold. 

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The little lost baby mammoth

Little Leaf and her brother wrapped some meat in leaves and headed out. They walked away from the cliff face into the forest on the well-worn track back to the cave.

Little Leaf heard something rustling in the bushes.

“Sssss” she hissed and they both stood perfectly still.

The rustlings got louder and both Little Leaf and Rock Thrower crouched down grabbing their spears and raising them.

Out of the bushes staggered this little baby mammoth dragging one front foot. She stood in front of the children wide eyed with fear, then slowly crumbled exhausted to the ground.

The kids were not sure what to do. The animal was just a baby. They stood there looking at each other.

Little Leaf walked over and started patting the baby and scratching its ears and little trunk. The little mammoth sniffed at Little Leaf with her trunk. Little Leaf went and got some grass and held it up to the baby mammoth, and it ate the grass. Both the kids played with the baby. Very soon the baby mammoth managed to get up so the kids took it to the stream so the baby could drink. They played in the stream and the baby showered them with water. They loved every minute of it.

Then they started walking home, back to the cave on the side of the hill. And the baby mammoth followed the children right back to the cave. As they climbed up the path to the cave mommy and grandma came running down to meet them. And they stopped dead in their tracks when they saw the baby mammoth following the children. The baby mammoth had nowhere to go so it just followed the kids. They ran to their mommy and the baby came also. And the kids told their parents what had happened. Then they both said “Can we keep it, please?” The other children came down from the cave and started playing with the mammoth.

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