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正文 第5节 文 / [美]亨德里克·威廉·房龙

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    alsbegantopro,looking

    forsothifortheirtesandtheirownyoung,and

    theylikedthetasteofhunbeings.ithere

    yousteithereatorbeeaten,andlifewasveryunhappy

    becauseitisery.

    insuer,nothesrgraysofthe

    sun,andduringtheerhischildreh

    inhisar.urehurtitself,andhunting

    anilsareforeverbreakingtheirbonesorsprainingtheir

    ankleshehadnoootakeadiea

    horribledeath.

    likenyoftheanilshezoohtheir

    strangenoises,earlyojabber.thatistosay,he

    endlesslyrepeatedthesaunintelligiblegibberishbecauseit

    pleasedhiohearthesoundofhisvoiduetihe

    leaedthatheuldusethisgutturalowahisfellow

    beingshreatenedandhegavecertainlittle

    shrieksetoan``thereisatigeror``heree

    fiveelephants.thehersgruhingbackat

    hindtheirgroeant,``iseetheor``letusrunaway

    andhide.andthisheinofalllanguage.

    but,asihavesaidbefore,ofthesebeginningsweknow

    soverylittle.earlynhadnotoolsandhebuilthielf

    nohouses.helivedanddiedanotraceofhisexistence

    exceptafeollarbonesandafeesofhisskull.

    thesetellusthatnythousandsofyearsagotheworldwas

    inhabitedbycertainals

    alltheotheranilsanother

    unknoalowalkon

    itshindlegsasforepaere

    stprobablyedhthecreaturesobe

    ourodiateaors.

    itislittleenoughherestisdarkness.

    prehistori

    prehistoribeginstoke

    thingsforhielf.

    earlyndidnotk.hekept

    norerdsofbirthdaysorhehour

    ofdeath.hehadnoideaofdaysorweeksorevenyears.

    butinagerackoftheseasonsforhehad

    noticedthattheldild

    springthatspringgrers

    ripenedandtheobeeatenand

    thatsuerendedsoftheleaves

    frohetreesandanuerofanilstingready

    forthelonghibealsleep.

    buthingunusualandratherfrighteninghad

    happened.sothingatterhtheher.the

    daysofsuerhadeverylate.thefruitshad

    notripehetopsoftheuntainsobevered

    hgrassnohaheavy

    burdenofsnow.

    then,oneing,anuerof

    froheothercreaturese

    theregionofthehighpeaks.they

    lookedleanandappearedtobestarving.theyutteredsounds

    edtosaythat

    theyfoodenoughforboththe

    oldinhabitantsandtheneers.heytriedtostay

    rethanafehereerriblebattlehclawlike

    handsaandilieshersfled

    baountainslopesaheblizzard.

    butthepeopleintheforestlyfrightened.all

    thetithedaysgreerandthenightsgrehan

    theyoughttohavebeen.

    finally,inagapbethereappeareda

    tinyspeckofgreenishice.rapidlyitincreasedinsize.a

    giganticglaciercaslidingdooneswere

    beingpushedintothevalley.s

    torrentsofiddandblocksofgranitesuddenly

    tuledangthepeopleoftheforestandkilledthebr >

    heyslept.turyoldtreesokindling

    heosnow.

    itsnoonthsandnths.alltheplantsdiedand

    theanilsfledinsearanhoisted

    hisyounguponhisbadfollo.butheuldnot

    travelasfastastheuresandheo

    choosebetsto

    havepreferredtheforrforhehasosurvivethe

    terribleglacialperiodsoccasions

    threateokilleveryhunbeingonthefaceoftheearth.

    inthefirstplaself

    lesthefreezetodeath.heleaedhoodigholesandver

    thebranchesandleavesandirapshecaught

    bearsandhyenas,henkilledhheavystonesand

    selfandhisfaly.

    hisple.ny

    anilsannow

    follople,drovetheanilsoutoftheir

    hosandclaidtheorhisown.

    evenso,thecliteostpeopleand

    theoldandtheyouaterriblerate.thenagenius

    bethoughthielfoftheuseoffire.once,hunting,

    hehadbeehathe

    hadbeenalstroastedtodeathbytheflas.thusfarfire

    hadbeenanene.noeafriend.adeadtree

    eansofsuldering

    branchesfrobuihecaveinto

    azylittleroo

    andthenoneeveningadeadchifellintothefire.it

    andisvered

    thatattastedbetterhenandthere

    discardedoheoldhabitshthe

    otheranilsaopreparehisfood.

    inthishousandsofyearspassed.onlythepeople

    hthecleverestbrainssurvived.theyhadtleday

    andnightagainstldandhuheyoi

    tools.theyleaedhoosharpenstooaxesandhow

    tokehaers.theyoputuplargestores

    offoodfortheendlessdaysoftheerandtheyfoundthat

    clayuldbedeintobohe

    raysofthesun.andsotheglacialperiod,hreatened

    todestroythehunrace,becaitsgreatestteacher

    beantousehisbrain.

    hieroglyphics

    theegyptiansiheartof

    ingandthererdof

    histins

    theseearliestaorsreat

    europeanwilde

    ...
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