Koolee gathered all her things together again and wrapped them in
the musk ox hide. She took down the long narwhal tusks that the
dog harnesses were hung on.

These were the tent poles. She and the twins carried all these
things to the beach. The men stayed on the beach and packed the
things away in the boats. The other women brought down their
bundles from their igloos. There was room for everything in the
two big boats.

Only the skins were left on the sleeping bench in the hut. When
everything else was ready, Koolee and the twins went up on top of
the igloo.

They pulled the moss and dirt out of the chinks between the
stones that made the roof, and then Koolee pulled up the stones
themselves and let them fall over to one side. This left the roof
open to the sky.

"What makes you do that?" Menie asked.

"So the sun and rain can clean house for us," said Koolee.

Everybody else in the village got ready in the same way.

At last Kesshoo came up from the beach and said to Koolee, "Let
us have some meat and a sleep and then we will start. Everything
is ready. The boats are packed and it looks as if the weather
would be clear."