A picture guide to the odd chapters from The Boy of the Painted Cave.

1. Tao’s Timeline

2. Ch.1
a : Tao got kicked out of the clan because he lost a rabbit
b : Tao meets a weak, starved wolf dog and attempts to feed it
c : Tao left the rabbit in the meadows

3. Ch.2
a : Tao steals a owls egg with a help from a wolf dog and
the wolf dog thinks Tao is his master and follows him
everywhere Tao goes.
b : Tao talks to Volt , the leader, and says
“Why can’t we have wolf dogs like the mountain people

4. Ch.3
a : Tao steals a owls egg with a help from a wolf dog and
the wolf dog thinks Tao is his master and follows him
everywhere Tao goes.
b : Tao talks to Volt , the leader, and says
“Why can’t we have wolf dogs like the mountain people

5. Ch.5
a: People see Ram, and Tao pretends he is chasing Ram,
and rescues Ram.
b: Tao finds a good cave to live in with Ram.

6. Ch.7
a: People see Ram, and Tao pretends he is chasing Ram, and rescues Ram.
b: Tao finds a good cave to live in with Ram.

7. Ch.9
a: Tao climbs up the cave and sketches some animals.
b: Graybeard comes by again and teach him how to make the drawing good.

8. Ch.11
a: Tao gets hurt and gets treatment by Kala. He sees a light and follows it, and it was
Graybeard.
! b: Tao gives a dead boar to Volt, and Volt gives Tao a necklace of the boar’s tusks, for
complimenting him.

9. Ch.13
a: Ram tries to attack the deer, but they get caught by the hunters in the clan.
b: Tao makes Ram cross over to the mountain people.

10. Ch.15
a: Graybeard tells Tao to draw for him, and tells him to find the Secret Cavern and draw there.
b: Tao gets lost in the Secret Cavern.