This is a story of a cave man and a young cave boy who are both somewhat loners. As the rest of the cave men head out to hunt, a young boy follows behind with "the man with the sky blue eyes". The the man with the sky blue eyes makes a flute and plays bird sounds which enables the hunters to kill the birds. Once the the man with the sky blue eyes realizes that his flute gets the birds killed, he refuses to keep playing it. The hunters desert him and leave him on his own for the night. Although he is scared, the man with the sky blue eyes starts to play his flute again and he and the boy realize they are no longer scared of the dark.
John Howe's illustrations are beautiful and Claude Clément's story is truly magical. ( )