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ANCIENT HISTORY
T. E. Davies, Jr.
Once upon a time there was a little boy named Og who lived in
a cave with his mommy, daddy, two dogs, a pet pterodactyl, and a
sister. He was a very happy little boy, or as happy as a little boy
could be in the year 10,000 B.C., having all the love and understand-
ing needed by anyone. His stress reactions were healthy, he had few
frustrations, and most of all, his ego defense mechanisms were of the
best.
As I said before, Og and his family lived in a cave. This cave
was located in the rolling hills of the eastern coast of a great northern
continent where the climate was rather temperate, although somewhat
changeable. His physical needs were well taken care of, his father
being in the stone-cutting business and the editor of one of the more
successful scandal sheets in the area, "The Nightly Neolith."
With this comfortable, lovable, intellectual environment, it was
clear that a bright boy like Og had all the chances in the world to
become a first class citizen and probably even a great man. He dis-
played his keen constructive mind daily as he played with his toys;
he would pile up his rocks, knock them down, arrange his rocks in
patterns, then move his rocks to the other side of the cave and start
all over again. As he did this daily, he soon developed definite pat-
terns and rhythms, some of which he seemed to favor and repeat.
He loved the sounds made by the rocks, even those of the little round
pebbles that rolled around on the floor.
Og's mother was very happy to see him kept so busy and did very
much to encourage him in his play. She even took him on field trips
to find new rocks that would make his collection more varied and
introduce new sounds into his repertoire. But his father was not so
happy about his interests, as displayed one day when he gave Og a
good clout to the ear and said, "You better get them damn rocks
outa' my cave, kid!" But his mother's kindness and consideration
won even him over, and Og went on in his play.
Og did have one problem however; he didn't get along very well
with his sister. Og was a pretty little boy with curly blonde hair,
while his sister had coarse straight black hair. She would get angry
when people said, "Isn't it a shame that Og has such nice curly blonde
hair and Guh has such coarse straight black hair?" She would sneak
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