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It was not for many years that any thought to lay the meat along stones as Loz had done; and when they did, being no longer on the plains of Thold, they used flints or chalk. It was not for many generations that another piece of iron ore was melted and the secret slowly guessed. IT WAS NOT FOR MANY YEARS THAT ANY THOUGHT TO LAY THE MEAT ALONG STONES AS LAWS HAD DONE AND WHEN THEY DID BEING NO LONGER ON THE PLAINS OF FOLD THEY USED FLINTS OR CHALK IT WAS NOT FOR MANY GENERATIONS THAT ANOTHER PIECE OF IRON ORE WAS MELTED AND THE SECRET SLOWLY GUESSED
man's leg and narrower than his hand, was lying there like a great flattened snake. When Loz looked at its thin edges and saw that it ran to a point, he picked up stones to chip it and make it sharp. It was the instinct of Loz to sharpen things. When he found that it could not be chipped his wonderment increased. It was many hours before he discovered that he could sharpen the edges by rubbing them with a stone; but at last the point was sharp, and all one side of it except near the end, where Loz held it in his hand. And Loz lifted it and brandished it, and the Stone Age was over. That afternoon in the little encampment, just as the tribe moved on, the Stone Age passed away, which, for perhaps thirty or forty thousand years, had slowly lifted Man from among the beasts and left him with his supremacy beyond all hope of reconquest. It was not for many days that any other man tried to make for himself an iron sword by cooking the same kind of small furry beast that Loz had tried to cook. LONGER THAN A MAN'S LEG AND NARROWER THAN HIS HAND WAS LYING THERE LIKE A GREAT FLATTENED SNAKE WHEN LAWS LOOKED AT ITS THIN EDGES AND SAW THAT IT RAN TO A POINT HE PICKED UP STONES TO CHIP IT AND MAKE IT SHARP IT WAS THE INSTINCT OF LAWS TO SHARPEN THINGS WHEN HE FOUND THAT IT COULD NOT BE CHIPPED HIS WONDERMENT INCREASED IT WAS MANY HOURS BEFORE HE DISCOVERED THAT HE COULD SHARPEN THE EDGES BY RUBBING THEM WITH A STONE BUT AT LAST THE POINT WAS SHARP AND ALL ONE SIDE OF IT EXCEPT NEAR THE END WHERE LAWS HELD IT IN HIS HAND AND LAWS LIFTED IT AND BRANDISHED IT AND THE STONE AGE WAS OVER THAT AFTERNOON IN THE LITTLE ENCAMPMENT JUST AS THE TRIBE MOVED ON THE STONE AGE PASSED AWAY WHICH FOR PERHAPS THIRTY OR FORTY THOUSAND YEARS HAD SLOWLY LIFTED MAN FROM AMONG THE BEASTS AND LEFT HIM WITH HIS SUPREMACY BEYOND ALL HOPE OF RECONQUEST IT WAS NOT FOR MANY DAYS THAT ANY OTHER MAN TRIED TO MAKE FOR HIMSELF AN IRON SWORD BY COOKING THE SAME KIND OF SMALL FURRY BEAST THAT LAWS HAD TRIED TO COOK
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