dried fish until they were so full they curled up in the snow
house and went to sleep.


V. THE FEAST

THE FEAST

The moment the sun had gone out of sight all the people in the
village came pouring out of their tunnels on their way to the
feast at Kesshoo's house.

Kesshoo's house was so small that it seemed as if all the people
could not possibly get into it.

But the Eskimos are used to crowding into very small spaces,
indeed. Sometimes a man and his wife and all his children will
live in a space about the size of a big double bed.

First the Angakok came out of his igloo, looking fatter than
ever. The Angakok always found plenty to eat somehow. Both his
wives were thin. Their faces looked like baked apples all brown
and wrinkled.

When they reached Kesshoo's house, the Angakok went into the
tunnel first.

Now I can't tell you whether he had grown fatter during the five
days, or whether the entrance had grown smaller, but this much I
know: the Angakok got stuck! He couldn't get himself into the