This is a story about things that happened ages and ages ago, before any of us were born, or our great-great-grandfathers cither, for that matter. It was so very long ago that there were no houses, or farms, or roads from one place to another, and there was not a single city, or a town, or even a village in the whole earth.There was just the great, round world, all fresh and new, and covered with growing things; and there were wild beasts of all kinds in the forests, and fishes of all kinds in the seas, and all sorts of birds and flying creatures in the air.Besides all these wonderful things in the new, new world, there was Man.He was quite new too. He did n't know much of anything about the world. All that he really knew was that there was a world, and that he was in it, and that there were fierce wild animals in it too, which would kill him and eat him if he did nt kill them first. And he knew very well that he was not as swift as the deer, or as big as the elephant, or asTable of Contents Introduction - Prehistoric Man i; I Grannie and the Twins5; II The Bison Feast27; III The Runaways45; IV The Journey63; V The Tree Clan89; VI The Earthquake103; VII The Islandi*5; VIII The RaftI27; IX The Surprise*37; X The Voyage*47; L'Envoil65About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the difficult to read text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org