BIG SKY-LIE SMASHED! MERCURY, NOT HOT VENUS, IS EARTH'S REAL NEAREST FRIEND!

Big news shakes tribe! For many sun-cycles, we all think hot Venus, the bright shiny sky-rock, is closest friend to our big home-dirt-rock, Earth. But now, wise-men with many-year-scrolls tell us a different story! They say if we watch all sky-paths, little fast Mercury, the zippy sky-rock, actually stays nearer to us most of the time. This is big shock from the deep-sky-thinkers! What this means for tribe? If Mercury truly our closest kin-rock in sky, maybe it bring different magic? Does it make berries grow fatter, or scare away hungry sabre-tooth? Elder Grak say maybe it change moon-tides, making fish easier to catch. Or perhaps, if we understand little Mercury, we find new hunting grounds for woolly mammoth? More thinking-time needed for this new sky-truth! ### Local Commentary Lila (local berry picker): 'Me always pick berries under full moon, see Venus big and bright. Think it watch me. Now small Mercury watch? Maybe berries taste different? Ugh, me confused!' Ragnuk (mighty mammoth hunter): 'Me hunt many sun-cycles. Always use big Venus as sky-mark for best mammoth trails. If Mercury closer, maybe mammoths move to different caves? Me need new sky-map for big beast hunting!' Elder Bor (wise village elder): 'Hmm, sky-secrets always change. We must watch both Venus and Mercury. Learn from each. Maybe this new truth bring new fire, new knowledge for tribe survival. Stay strong, tribe, and keep looking up!' Story by Zork from Caveman Talk Fire, on the scene.