entrance, and these windows shone with a dull yellow light.

In front of the village lay the sea. It was covered with ice far
out from shore. Beyond the ice was the dark water out of which
the sun would rise by and by.

There was nothing else to be seen in all the twins' world. There
were no trees, no bushes even; nothing but the white earth, the
shadows of the rocks and the snow-covered igloos, the bright
windows, and the moon shining over all.


III.

Menie and Monnie soon reached Koko's igloo. Menie and Nip got
there first. Monnie came puffing along with Tup just a moment
after.

Then the twins dropped on their hands and knees in front of
Koko's hut, and stuck their heads into the tunnel. Nip and Tup
stuck their heads in, too.

They all four listened. There was not a sound to be heard except
loud snores! The snores came rattling through the tunnel with
such a frightful noise that the twins were almost scared.

"They sleep out loud, don't they?" whispered Monnie.

"Let's wake them up," Menie whispered back.