Everyone's hungry -- time for food

The girls rest for a bit, then get dressed again in their skimpy wild animal outfits. You dress as well. Maple points to her mouth and rubs her belly. They all nod and rub their bellies. Walnut goes behind one of the trees and comes out with four spears with pointed tips. She hands one to each of you. You look at it and hope this costume gives you some hunting ability, because you have no clue. When you heft the spear like you're ready to throw it, though, you get a clear image in your head of having done it before. Maple says something and grunts as she starts walking back the way you came. The others follow. You bring up the rear. As you walk, you are mesmerized by the wiggling booties of the three sexy cave girls. You are reminded of the movie One Million Years B.C. with Rachel Welch.

Maple leads you to stream, and you can see the flash of silver in the water. You see yourself standing in the water, spear upraised, waiting for a fish to come in striking distance. You slowly wade into the water, the other girls following close behind. The four of you spread out in the decent-sized wide part of the stream. You wait patiently until you sense that a fish is in the right spot. You strike, but miss. You go back to waiting. Ash spears a good sized fish, which she tosses up on the bank. You see another in your reach and strike. You come up with a fat one, tossing it in the same place. Walnut, Ash again, and Maple all catch a fish, and then you do. Ash says something and all three of you get out of the pool. Probably only a half hour has passed.

Out of her pouch, Walnut pulls a string with a long wooden pin on the end. She runs it through the gills of the biggest fish (yours), and then strings the rest of them up. She raises the catch and laughs. The others cheer, and you join in. You're going to eat well tonight. Walnut hands you the stringer. It weighs a bit, but you have no problem lifting it, one of the benefits of your costume. You all walk back to camp.

Walnut takes the stringer from you and heads to a large mostly flat rock to the side. Maple goes to the fire pit and uses a stick to gently stir the ashes. Ash goes to put the spears away, then comes back with a stone knife and walks into the woods.

Maple finds a hot spot and starts feeding it small kindling. In about five minutes, she has a small fire going. You don't think it will burn very long, but something tells you all you need are the coals. She lets it burn. Walnut now has a stone knife, and has started to clean the fish. Ash comes back with several green branches about as thick as your thumb. She starts stripping the leaves and branches off until she has six skewers. By now, Walnut is done and takes the skewers, thrusting one through each gutted fish. Once she is done, the fire has burnt down to a dull red glowing piles of coals. You help the three girls plant the skewers in the ground around the fire, hanging the fish over the heat. With satisfied smiles on all of your faces, Ash leads everyone to a small pond not far from the camp.

The girls all rinse their hands in the water. You follow suit. They wipe them on long grass a bit away from the water, then head back to camp. The fish is lightly sizzling.