II.

When spring came on, there were other things to do. As the days
grew longer, the ice in the bay cracked and broke into small
pieces and floated away.

The water turned deep blue, and danced in the sunlight, and ice
floated about in it. Often there were walrus on these ice-pans.

The twins sometimes saw their huge black bodies on the white ice,
and heard their hoarse barks. Then all the men in the village
would rush for their kyaks and set out after the walrus.

The men were brave and enjoyed the dangerous sport, but the women
used to watch anxiously until they saw the kyaks coming home
towing the walrus behind them.

Then they would rush down to the shore, help pull the kyaks up on
the beach, where they cut the walrus in pieces and divided it
among the families of the hunters.

When the snow had melted on the Big Rock, hundreds of sea birds
made their nests there and filled the air with their cries.

Sometimes Kesshoo went egg hunting on the cliff, and sometimes he
set traps there for foxes, and he helped Menie and Koko make a
little trap to catch hares. There was plenty to do in every
season of the year.