This is a podcast of a chapter called "The Cave" from the novel The Quest for Fire by J.H. Rosny. It is set in prehistoric times. Their tribe, the Oulhamrs, has been defeated by an enemy tribe who have extinguished all their fires. The Oulhamrs do not know how to start fire and had relied on keeping three separate fires going 24 hours a day. Fire was extremely important to prehistoric people - it warmed them in the winter, it cooked their meat and it kept wild animals away from their camp. The tribe has sent three young men - Naoh, Gaw and Nam - to search for fire and bring it back home. Without fire, the tribe are doomed.
In this chapter, our three heroes have taken shelter in a cave. It is empty but suddenly they see a huge grey bear - one of the deadliest and strongest animals of the age. Are they in the grey bear's cave? Should they run or has that chance gone? Will their search for fire be over before it truly starts?
"The Cave" - click link below for podcast:
http://trial213.podomatic.com/entry/2012-03-19T17_27_26-07_00
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