He also tells us how Tao care to hidehid his love of his drawing from the rest of the clan. The author also describes Tao as a caring person who doesn’t want to harm animals, in. In the novel Tao was sent to the wild to hunt, but instead, he saves a wolf-dog that had a bone caught through his jaw. He savesaves the wolf and they both becamebecome friends. He named him Ram. Often Tao and Ram hunt together, bringing the clan a large amount of food. Having a pet wolf was also a taboo (forbidding). Which(forbidden), which also made him a rule-breaker, because they weren’tno one is allowed to use thea wolf-dog after Volt was attacked by a wolf. Tao was inis on another hunting trip, when he metmeets Graybeard, a traveling shaman, who paints for all the near tribes. Hoping for his approval, Tao shows him his secret cave. But, but instead he gets furious.