very fast either, so they ran along with the Angakok, and Koko's
mother, and Nip and Tup.

When they reached the bear they found all the other people
crowded around it. Each one stuck his fingers in the bear's blood
and then sucked his fingers. This was because they wanted all
bears to know how they longed to kill them. As each one tasted
the blood he called out the part of the bear he would like to
have.

The wives of the Angakok cried, "Give a hind leg to the Angakok."

"The kidneys for Koko," cried Koko's mother when she stuck in her
finger. "That will make him a great bear-hunter when he is big."

"And I will have the skin for the twins' bed," said their mother.

Kesshoo promised each one the part he asked for. An Eskimo never
keeps the game he kills for himself alone. Every one in the
village has a share.

The bear was very large. He was so large that though all the
women pulled together they could not drag the body back to the
village. The men laughed at them, but they did not help them.

So Koolee ran back for their sledge and harnesses for the dogs.
Koko and Menie helped her catch the dogs and hitch them to the
sledge.

It took some time to catch them for the dogs did not want to