By this time all the people had crawled out of the igloo again,
and were ready to carry home their meat. Kesshoo ran to the
Angakok and gave him the bear's liver. The Angakok handed it to
one of his wives to carry. The other one already had the bear's
leg. He said to Kesshoo, "You are a just man, like your father. I
know the secrets of the sun, moon, and stars. You know your duty!
You shall have your reward." He looked very solemn and waddled
away toward his igloo with the two wives behind him carrying the
meat. All the rest of the people followed after him and went into
their own igloos.


III. THE TWINS GO FISHING

THE TWINS GO FISHING

I.

When the people had all gone away, Menie and Monnie sat down on
the side of the sledge. Nip and Tup were busy burying bones in the
snow. The other dogs had eaten all they wanted to and were now
lying down asleep in the sun, with their noses on their paws.

Everything was still and cold. It was so still you could almost
hear the silence, and so bright that the twins had to squint
their eyes. In the air there was a faint smell of cooking meat.

Menie sniffed. "I'm so hungry I could eat my boots," he said.

"There are better things to eat than boots," Monnie answered.