days ago, they say "five sleeps" ago.

The night after the bear was killed it began to snow. The wind
howled around the igloo and piled the snow over it in huge
drifts.

The dogs were buried under it and had to be dug out, all but Nip
and Tup. They stayed inside with the twins and slept in their
bed.

The twins and their father and mother were glad to stay in the
warm hut.

At last the snow stopped, the air cleared, and the twins and
Kesshoo went out. Koolee stayed in the igloo.

She sat on her sleeping bench upon a pile of soft furs. A bear's
skin was stretched up on the wall behind her. She had a cozy nest
to work in.

The lamp stood on the bench beside her. She was making a
beautiful new suit for Menie. It was made of fawn-skin as soft as
velvet, and the hood and sleeves were trimmed with white rabbit's
fur.

Her thimble was made of ivory, and her needle too. Her thread was
a fine strip of hide. There was a bunch of such thread beside
her.

Soon Kesshoo came in, bringing with him a dried fish and a piece