They lashed the tops of the trees into a teepee shape and stood it up above the pit that the children had already dug. Tossing a rope over the tripod, they secured the end of it to the hind legs of the piglet and hoisted him up, to the height of a man. They knew an attacking animal could not reach that high so they hoped to both entrap the predator and preserve their own prey.
Now the children and men worked together to bury the sharpened sticks in the pit, then shrouded it all in a tangled mass of vines. Satisfied that they had completed the task, they retreated to the campfire and joined the others to feast on the mother pig that had been rendered into their arrival meal.
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The women and men took turns staying awake all night, letting the children sleep. They maintained a vigil to
