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Now you have hope, and you feel a surge or energy. A good many of animal skins were left by the others, and you use them to make warm clothes and blankets. You gather nuts and tubers and root vegetables, mend broken spears, and sharpen knives so you can hunt and track small game. Finally you build a huge stack of brush and logs so you can make a fire on the coldest days. Sheltered in your niche from the howling winds, you sleep a great deal. Sometimes you imagine you are a hibernating bear. Turn to page 48.