Menie and Monnie and the pups were already sound asleep in their
corner of the bench when their father and mother fixed the lamp
for the night and crawled in among the fur robes beside them.


VI. THE REINDEER HUNT

THE REINDEER HUNT

I.

The day after the feast it was still very cold, but there were
signs of spring in the air. When Menie went out to feed the dogs,
he saw a flock of ravens flying north, and Koko saw some sea
birds on the same day.

Two days after that, when the twins and Koko were all three
playing together on the Big Rock, they saw a huge iceberg float
lazily by.

It had broken away from a glacier, farther north, and was
drifting slowly toward the Southern Sea. It gleamed in the sun
like a great ice palace.

One morning the air was thick with fog. When Kesshoo saw the fog
he said, "This would be a great day to hunt reindeer."

"Oh, let me go with you!" cried Menie.

Monnie knew better than to ask. She knew very well she would