Crossword-Solution: PINEKNOT 8 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 14

The Modoc rips and tears around outdoors most of the time, and consequently is as hard as a pineknot and as brown as an Indian.

Thorn stroked her and, laughing, said, "Let us put the baby on the goat's back and see her run." "Oh, that would be fun!" cried Pineknot, and he ran and untied the goat.

Then Thorn struck the goat and shouted, "Run!" The goat ran; the baby laughed; Pineknot danced and clapped his hands.

Soon there was a crowd of women round her, pointing and saying, 'Oh, oh!' while the little bone carried the thread." "It must be fun to sew with a needle," said Pineknot.

Before they had even that," he went on, grinning, "they fought with nails and teeth, or with a stick or a stone snatched from the ground." Then laughing loud, he added, "No wonder that in the old days people lived in trees, and ran if they saw a wildcat." "I should be sorry if you had nothing to hunt with but a club, father," said Pineknot, making a long face.