Dum makes amends

Yum hit Dum; he'd given baby Wah-Wah a piece of meat to eat and the baby choked and threw up. Yum was furious and Dum knew he had to make amends as Yum wouldn't let him hold Wah-Wah anymore so he sat outside. He saw Dong with her baby who was eating all things now and asked her to sit by him. He told her what happened; she laughed and shook her head saying "Mix it with some milk, that might help but only use tiny pieces of meat."

Dum pointed to Dong's little boy Bonk and asked if that's how he started eating other food. She nodded and lowering her eyes said "Mix it with Yums milk but make sure there are no bones" twirling her fingers.

So Dum got up and patted little Bonk on his head. He then had an idea so walked down to the beach looking for some large stones. It took some time but finally found a large stone flat on one side and curved on the other and one round and smooth about the size of his hand. He lugged them back to the cave having to rest every few minutes. When he got there Dong and Yum were there with their babies. Dong nodded but Yum pretended not to notice him whereas Wah-Wah saw him and called out "Duh-Duh". 

Dum put the stones on the ground then came over to them. He rubbed noses with Wah-Wah who gurgled happily then he did the same with Yum. She just grunted and pointed to the stones curiously. So he put some seeds in and used the round stone to crack the shell then put it in the large stone and crushed the nut with the round stone licked his finger then picked up some powdered nut and tasted it and told the women to do the same. The women could now see how useful the grinding stone would be. Yum looked up at him then patted the ground beside her for him to sit with them again.

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