"Ayla spent time in the afternoon rubbing down and currying Whinney with a soft piece of leather and the dried spiny head of a teasel."
""I think wrapping a piece of leather around this striker might work," Tharie said, volunteering her leg-bone instrument."
"Each person had a piece of leather or clothing to flap at the oncoming animals with hopes of turning them aside, but each also lifted a spear, juggled it slightly, then gripped it firmly around the shaft, and held it in readiness-except for Jondalar."