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“I’ his attention to the child, “and I’m sure we can use the help” Lanidar relaxed a little, and Ayla smiled at Jondalar

“Lanidar caets do you have set up?” Ayla asked as they started walking back toward the crowd ofthe ready to leave

“Drawings of deer on a hide tied to a bundle of grass,” he said

Ayla pulled out a spear and her spear-thrower as they approached, and as soon as she saw the targets, she sighted and let fly The solid thunk caught a few by surprise, they hadn’t expected the woman to make a cast so quickly She ets seemed rather commonplace, and even if the spear did fly farther than anyone had ever seen a woman throw before, they had already watched Jondalar do that several tier exceptional

The boy see beside her because he wasn’t sure if she wanted hio, and tapped her

“Why don’t you tell the wolf to find a rabbit or so?” Lanidar said

The wonal to the wolf The area was tra around, and it was not likely that there were many animals left, but if any could be found, Wolf would find them With a little trepidation, so away fro the meat-eater

with the wo

Before Ayla arrived, a man had asked Jondalar how far he could cast a spear with one of those spear-throwers, but he said he had used up all his spears and needed to retrieve theain Jondalar and a knot of ather thenaled to her that he had found sorouse appeared out of a cluet course Ayla had been waiting with a lightweight spear in the thrower, one she and Jondalar had started using for birds and small animals

She hurled the weapon with a speed that was so practiced, it was al several people to look They watched it fall fro weapon “How far can she throw?” the man who had asked about distance wanted to know

“Ask her,” Jondalar said

“Just throw, or hit the mark?” Ayla asked

“Both,” the man said

“If you want to see how far a spear will go using a thrower, I have a better idea,” she said, then turned to the boy “Lanidar, would you show them how far you can throw a spear?”

He glanced around rather shyly, but she knew he hadn’t been hesitant to speak out or answer questions when he first talked to her, and she thought he wouldn’t mind the attention He looked at Ayla and nodded