Jaune woke and got up lazily as the sunlight hit is drowsy face. The food he ate last night was heartily good and satisfying to his "unfilled" stomach.
"What a good sleep," he thought to himself, "I was afraid of beasts to devour me some few nights ago and now I'm now lax because of my weapons?" He slapped himself. "Come on, I should get up now or I may not eat my breakfast."
Jaune shakily got up from the dirty ground and went to the pit he made last night to place the food he had hunted yesterday. He was afraid that the food might be spoiled or ruined by other predators that came near him last night. Though no animal disturbed him during his sleep he still had to check the pit.
Fortunately, the food was still there and there were no bite marks on them. Jaune picked one of the fresh meat he had cut and stuck it to a sharp stick and started a fire. Have made the fire hot enough, he cooked his breakfast, sat down and prayed, and then ate his meal.
While eating Juane thought of his plans for today. His plan was first to build a little hut or shelter. Traveling around was just too tiring, plus, the weather may turn from good to the worst. Though his tent may protect him from light rain, it may not stand against stronger storms. He needed a better home that could withstand such pressure from the outside and keep him safe on the inside.
He finished his meal, got up, and went to work. He used his small hatchet to cut down a more larger sappling to craft an axe. After doing so he cut down larger trees and scraped their bark using the stone chisel he made a while ago.
He had made up his mind on the design. The house was to be a cottage made of wood with a triangular roof. Its dimentions would be at least 6 meters long, 2 meters and a feet long, and at least 3 meters tall. It had a door about six feet height and a feet width and a window at least half a feet long and wide, and had a fireplace inside. The triangular roof was for keeping the water from sticking to the roof when it rained and then splashing onto him when he got out in a great sunny day, while the door also kept predators from entering into the room and eating him up alive while he is dreaming in his precious sleep. The fireplace helped in warming the room in cold days and nights plus adding as a place to cook his food. The toilet may be resolved later on.
When he finished his job of cutting enough wood it was already evening. Jaune looked at the pile of wood he had just lumbered. He did not even start laying the foundation for the house. He lay down and slept, preparing for the next phase of the building.
The next day he immediately got to work building the foundation. He went to a flat area of the forest and then checked the gound. After that he measured the dimensions of his house using some rope and marked them to form a rectangle. Having done so, he made a wooden shovel and hug a small hole about half a feet long on the marked areas. He then placed a log into the hole letting it stand upright and then filled the remaing gaps with the dirt. He did it again with the other marks.
Having done with the basic wooden foundations of the house, he then began buidling the walls of the house. He first placed two logs inside the the circumference of the marked foundation in the front and back of the house. He next cut some v shaped knotches on two points on the edges of the logs and cut triangles on two other logs. He then placed the two logs overlapping the front and back logs, making the left and right walls. This he repeated till he got the right and desired height.
It had been already a month since he had started. The walls were done, the door, window, and fireplace were built and completed. The thing he needed to finish was the roof. He looked at his creation, sighing at the fact that his "house" was almost done. But as he glaced at the pit of food he saw that most of the food he preserved was almost gone. Just some nights ago some animal went into the pit and ate his food. Jaune woke up hearing the munching of the animal's mouth, eating the biggest portion of meat he had sliced for the next day. He got up and killed the animal for eating his precious food. He skinned the animal for it's leather and went back to sleep.
"Great," he sighed, "most likely I have to postpone the building and hunt again for a while. I might have to wait for a long time to get back to work."
The next day he luckily had another bountiful hunt. There were more this time, from deer to rabbits and from fish to shrimps. That's right, he also went fishing for more food if he did not hunt anything that day. What happened was that he had caught alot of food that could at least last for several months. He then cut them to pieces as to ration his meals to save as much as possible. He then smoked them and then went to sleep.
The next day the building continued. He built the roof like how people during 17th century did. He placed on the front and and back walls of the house logs getting shorter as he went higher. Now the house was almost finished just needing the tiles to cover the roof. He resolved this by using the tree bark he had stripped from the trees and then stuck them to the ceiling logs using thorns from a rose bush he found some short miles away. He gently hammered the thorns nailing the bark to the roof. There. The roof was finished. Now he needed to finish making the wall. Though he had built the cabins walls with enough would to fill in the big gaps, there were smaller gaps which would be quite unpleasant if it were in cold weather. So he had to paste the walls and the fireplace with mid and woodchips inside and out, covering every tiny gap left from the building.
After he finished pasting the walls he stopped and took a break. He looked at the house he had built. It was finished. Though it was not as good as the ones in America, it was still good enough to keep him alive.
Having everything else ready like a small bed, clay heated cups, woven baskets, clothes, weapons, and tools, he settled in. He made the clay cups by using clay and water to make a colloid and shaped them into the vessels he needed and then heated them in a fire until it was glowing red. The other accessories like the bed were easy to build. He could make a mat to lie down and sleep or use a hammock. The door can be made from sticks, tying them together, and then make a small hinge for it to open or close.
To keep his things safe from burning, he had to keep his tools and food away from the fireplace. Jaune even made a small mud wall protectimg himsalf and his tools from the fire if anything were to happen.
Now as he lave in his new home he was satisfied. Living in such a home would be quite cozy, and he could make improvements in the future. But as he ate his dinner and as he went to bed, he felt that someone was watching him doing the work all day, as if someone was there. All the while ago he stared at the area as if he could sense where he is. But as he tried looking there was no one. But he then heard a stick snaping and turned his head. There he saw somthing moving. He tried to run after it but it was no use. The animal was to fast to be caught. As he went back he thought of it again and again. What was that? It did not feel like it was an animal at all.