Tara - Bludgeon 2

> The growling sound continued for a few minutes and then everybody heard a loud
' CRACK '. There were now loud cries of screeching followed by another ' WHAM
'...and then silence. Mike stood perplexed as the villagers all seemed
relieved and comely returned to their business. Shortly afterwards Tara
emerged from the jungle. She was carrying her club over her shoulder in her
right hand. In her left she was dragging behind her the lifeless body of -
Mike couldn't believe his eyes - a huge saber-tooth tiger. She easily dragged
the creature - which must have weighed 500 pounds - over to a large hut where
several people were waiting. She lifted the carcass up onto a rock and the
people then began to cut it open with sharp rocks. The tough hide they would
use for clothes and the meat would be shared by all the people in the village.
With a casualness that amazed Mike, Tara put her club back inside her hut and
returned to where he stood; as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened.
Out of the corner of his eye, Mike caught another cryptic smile from the large
elderly woman.