thunder. The wives of the Angakok and Koko's mother all began to
talk at once, and with that and the baby's crying I suppose there
never was a tunnel that held so much noise. It all came into the
igloo, and it sounded quite frightful. The twins crept into the
farthest corner of the sleeping bench and watched their father
and mother and the Angakok, with their eyes almost popping out of
their heads.

Nip and Tup thought they would help a little, so they jumped off
the bench; and barked at the Angakok. You see, they didn't know
he was a great medicine man. They thought maybe he ought not to
be there at all.

Nip even snapped at the Angakok's ear!

That made the Angakok more angry than ever. He reached into the
room, seized Nip with one hand and flung him up on to the
sleeping bench. Nip lit on top of Menie. Nip was very much
surprised, and so was Menie.

Now, whether the jerk he gave in throwing Nip did it or not, I
cannot say, but at that instant Kesshoo and Koolee both gave a
great pull in front. At the same moment the two wives gave a
great push behind, and the next moment after that, there was the
Angakok, still red, and still angry, sitting on the edge of the
sleeping bench in the best place near the fire!

Then his two wives came crawling through. The Angakok looked at
them as if he thought they had made him stick in the tunnel, and
had done it on purpose, too. The wives scuttled up on to the