There never was any protection: not walls, nor brush, nor wooden shield, nothing behind which to conceal nakedness; no protection, and nowhere to hide. The children were naked and in the open, without rock or wall or any other means to conceal them from the sudden fall. There never was any protection: no force, neither substance nor shadow, nothing behind which to take shelter from the sun. The blow might come from any direction, at any time, for no known reason and without discernable warning, out of the sun The blow might fall from anywhere, for no reason known to the children, left naked, with neither shadow nor shield, nor any other protection, nor sign: there never was any protection, no shelter, and nowhere to hide.