 A tin mitt had one more task that would change the appearance, if not the commonality, of the life forms of the world. In those days, there were no animals as we know them today. There were only people. Without contradiction, these were raven, deer, wren, woodpecker, wolf, eagle, grizzly bear, salmon, skate, dogfish, loon, crane, and so on. In those days, too, there were people who could foretell the future.