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So finally all arrived in the land now called Great Britain. Though sugar was not then known, or for a thousand years later, the first thing they noticed was the enormous number of bees. When they searched, they found the rock caves and hollow trees full of honey, which had accumulated for generations. SO FINALLY ALL ARRIVED IN THE LAND NOW CALLED GREAT BRITAIN THOUGH SUGAR WAS NOT THEN KNOWN OR FOR A THOUSAND YEARS LATER THE FIRST THING THEY NOTICED WAS THE ENORMOUS NUMBER OF BEES WHEN THEY SEARCHED THEY FOUND THE ROCK CAVES AND HOLLOW TREES FULL OF HONEY WHICH HAD ACCUMULATED FOR GENERATIONS
se coracles, which they named after their own round bodies. The men went down to the riverside or the sea shore, and with their stone hatchets, they chopped down trees. They cut the reeds and osiers, peeled the willow branches, and wove great baskets shaped like bowls. In this work, the women helped the men. The coracle was made strong by a wooden frame fixed inside round the edge, and by two cross boards, which also served as seats. Then they turned the wicker frame upside down and stretched the hides of animals over the whole frame and bottom. With pitch, gum, or grease, they covered up the cracks or seams. Then they shaped paddles out of wood. When the coracle floated on the water, the whole family, daddy, mammy, kiddies, and any old aunts or uncles, or granddaddies, got into it. They waited for the wind to blow from the south over to the northern land. At first the coracle spun round and round, but by and by each daddy could, by rowing or paddling, make the thing go straight ahead. HORN IT WAS A FUNNY SIGHT TO SEE THOSE CORACLES WHICH THEY NAMED AFTER THEIR OWN ROUND BODIES THE MEN WENT DOWN TO THE RIVER SIDE OR THE SEASHORE AND WITH THEIR STONE HATCHETS THEY CHOPPED DOWN TREES THEY CUT THE REEDS AND OSIERS PEELED THE WILLOW BRANCHES AND WOVE GREAT BASKETS SHAPED LIKE BOWLS IN THIS WORK THE WOMEN HELPED THE MEN THE CORACLE WAS MADE STRONG BY A WOODEN FRAME FIXED INSIDE ROUND THE EDGE AND BY TWO CROSS BOARDS WHICH ALSO SERVED AS SEATS THEN THEY TURNED THE WICKER FRAME UPSIDE DOWN AND STRETCHED THE HIDES OF ANIMALS OVER THE WHOLE FRAME AND BOTTOM WITH PITCH GUM OR GREASE THEY COVERED UP THE CRACKS OR SEAMS THEN THEY SHAPED PADDLES OUT OF WOOD WHEN THE CORACLE FLOATED ON THE WATER THE WHOLE FAMILY DADDY MAMMY KITIES AND ANY OLD ANSWER UNCLES OR GRANDADDIES GOT INTO IT THEY WAITED FOR THE WIND TO BLOW FROM THE SOUTH OVER TO THE NORTHERN LAND AT FIRST THE CORACLE SPUN ROUND AND ROUND BUT BY AND BY EACH DADDY COULD BY ROWING OR PADDLING MAKE THE THING GO STRAIGHT AHEAD
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