Lodrix, the Little Lake Dweller

"He is safe, but in the hands of our enemy," said the chief. "He will be returned to us at sunrise, but we must give to these people all the bronze in our village." Turning to h...

"I have been left here to guard you, and I will be your friend if you will let me. I have not forgotten that your father once saved me from the wolves.

As the chief came up, Lodrix said to him: "Send to my father; he will give you and your people all that you ask if you will take me home."

On the fourth day, when everything seemed quiet, the chief of the Dormorants ordered the drawbridge to be put in place, and stationed a man at the end to watch for the enemy. Th...

She said that one of their tribe, who had just returned from hunting, had told her that the Bear tribe on the land was getting ready to burn down the Lake-Dweller homes.

They thought of the time when they had carried Lodrix's grandfather to this stone room. The men had stood about with lighted torches, and the women with their hair hanging over...

When he had made sure that everything was secure and had sent Lodrix with a message to one of the Lake-Dwellers, the chief lay down on a skin to sleep.

Laying the deer at the chief's feet, the boy said, "My chief! As I was hunting, I met the boy Tevico, whom you once saved from the wolves in the forest.