when that was done, she made out of it two beautiful pairs of
white mittens for the twins.



VIII. THE WOMAN-BOATS

THE WOMAN-BOATS

I.

During the long, dark hours of the winter Kesshoo found many
pleasant things to do at home. He was always busy. He carved a
doll for Monnie out of the ivory tusk of a walrus.

Monnie named the doll Annadore, and she loved it dearly. Koolee
dressed Annadore in fur, with tiny kamiks of sealskin, and Monnie
carried her doll in her hood, just the way Koko's mother carried
her baby.

For Menie, his father made dog harnesses out of walrus hide. He
made them just the right size for Nip and Tup.

Menie harnessed the little dogs to his sled. Then he and Monnie
would play sledge journeys. Annadore would sit on the sled all
wrapped in furs, while Menie drove the dogs, and Monnie followed
after.

Nip and Tup did not like this play very well, and they didn't
always go where they were told to. Once they dashed right over