HOW THE FIRST LETTER WAS WRITTEN
Many thousands of years ago, there lived a man named Tegumai Bopsulai. He lived in a cave, wore simple clothes of animal skins, and could not read or write. Despite this, Tegumai had a happy life, which was easy because he knew nothing else.
He shared his cave with his wife Teshumai Tewindrow, whose name means ‘Lady who asks very many questions’, and their daughter Taffimai Metallumai, which means ‘Small person without any manners’.
One day, Tegumai went down through the beaver-swamp to the Wagai river so he could spear some fish for their dinner, and Taffimai went with him, as she loved to share her father’s adventures.
Tegumai had a fine spear he had made himself from a hardwood sapling, with shark’s teeth at
