work. They all ran away, and Tooky, the leader of the team,
pretended to be sick! Tooky was the mother of Nip and Tup, and
she was a very clever dog. While Koolee and Koko and Menie were
getting the sledge and dog-team ready, the rest of the women set
to work with their queer crooked knives to take off the bear's
skin. The moon set, and the sky was red with the colors of the
dawn before this was done.

At last the meat was cut in pieces and Kesshoo and Koko's father
held the dogs while the women heaped it on the sledge. The dogs
wanted the meat. They jumped and howled and tried to get away.

When everything was ready, Koolee cracked the whip at the dogs.
Tooky ran ahead to her place as leader, the other dogs began to
pull, and the whole procession started back to the village,
leaving a great red stain on the clean white snow where the bear
had been killed.

Last of all came the twins and Koko. They had loaded the bear's
skin on Menie's sled.

"It's a woman's work to pull the meat home. We men just do the
hunting and fishing," Menie said to Koko. They had heard the men
say that.

"Yes, we found the bear," Koko answered. "Monnie can pull the
skin home."

And though Monnie had found the bear just as much as they had,
she didn't say a word. She just pulled away on the sled, and they