where we killed many Meat-Eaters and were content.

"But things were no better in the Sea Valley. The only way to get
food was to work for Three-Legs or Little-Belly or Pig-Jaw; for
there was no land that a man might plant with corn for himself.
And often there were more men than Three-Legs and the others had
work for. So these men went hungry, and so did their wives and
children and their old mothers. Tiger-Face said they could become
guards if they wanted to, and many of them did, and thereafter they
did no work except to poke spears in the men who did work and who
grumbled at feeding so many idlers.

"And when we grumbled, ever the Bug sang new songs. He said that
Three-Legs and Pig-Jaw and the rest were strong men, and that that
was why they had so much. He said that we should be glad to have
strong men with us, else would we perish of our own worthlessness
and the Meat-Eaters. Therefore, we should be glad to let such
strong men have all they could lay hands on. And Big-Fat and Pig-
Jaw and Tiger-Face and all the rest said it was true.

"'All right,' said Long-Fang, 'then will I, too, be a strong man.'
And he got himself corn, and began to make fire-brew and sell it
for strings of money. And, when Crooked-Eyes complained, Long-Fang
said that he was himself a strong man, and that if Crooked-Eyes
made any more noise he would bash his brains out for him. Whereat
Crooked-Eyes was afraid and went and talked with Three-Legs and
Pig-Jaw. And all three went and talked to Dog-Tooth. And Dog-
Tooth spoke to Sea-Lion, and Sea-Lion sent a runner with a message
to Tiger-Face. And Tiger-Face sent his guards, who burned Long-
Fang's house along with the fire-brew he had made. Also, they