one night there that is four whole months long!

For four long months, while we are having Thanksgiving, and
Christmas, and even Lincoln's Birthday, the twins never once see
the sun!

But at last one day in early spring the sun comes up again out of
the sea, looks at the world for a little while, and then goes out
of sight again. Each day he stays for a longer time until after a
while he doesn't go out of sight at all!

Then there are four long months of daylight when there is never
any bedtime. Menie and Monnie just go to sleep whenever they feel
sleepy.

Although many Eskimos think twins bring bad luck, Kesshoo and
Koolee were very glad to have two babies.

They would have liked it better still if Monnie had been a boy,
too, because boys grow up to hunt and fish and help get food for
the family.

But Kesshoo was the best hunter and the best kyak man in the
whole village. So he said to Koolee, "I suppose there must be
girls in the world. It is no worse for us than for others."

So because Kesshoo was a brave fisherman and strong hunter, and
because Koolee was clever in making clothing and shoes out of the
skins of the animals which he brought home, the twins had the
very best time that little Eskimo children can have.