sleeping bench, and got into the farthest corner of it as fast as
they could.

The women and children always sat back on the bench at a feast.

When Koko's mother came in, the baby was still crying. She
climbed up on to the bed with him, and Menie and Monnie showed
him the pups and that made the baby laugh again.

As fast as they came in, the women and children packed themselves
away on the sleeping bench. The men sat along the edge of it with
their feet on the floor.


II.

The smell of food soon made everybody cheerful. When at last they
were all crowded into the room, Koolee placed the bear's head and
other pans of meat on the floor.

Then she crawled back on to the bench with the other women.

The Angakok was the first one to help himself. He reached down
and took a large chunk of meat. He held it up to his mouth and
took hold of the end with his teeth. Then he sawed off a huge
mouthful with his knife.

It looked as if he would surely cut off the end of his nose too,
but he didn't.