thick skin no other animal's teeth can pierce. In the tiger's upper
jaw, there are two teeth that are long and sharp and thin. The tiger
thrusts these into the neck of the rhinoceros, and he sinks to the
ground, and the tiger feeds upon him."

"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."