The story of the Ice People - a prehistoric tribe trying to create an effective weapon for obtaining food during the coldest, worst years of the Ice Age. At the same time, this is the mythical story of the white mammoth Sheli, who does not want to give in to people, insignificant creatures, from his point of view. “A goose was flying over the tundra,” writes the author-translator. – I saw a man sitting by the lake. He sat down next to him on the shore, looked at the man for a long time, did not understand anything about him, and flew on.” But understanding comes... As you read the story... Understanding is intuitive, it occurs somewhere at the mysterious levels of consciousness. Despite the fact that the school of translations from Neanderthal has not yet been created, Gennady Prashkevich managed to vividly and picturesquely convey the life, rhythm, intonation of a completely different, long-gone life.