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The Eskimo Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins
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The women jumped up and ran to the woman boats. They got out the
long narwhal tusks, and the skins, and set them down on the
beach.

"Come with me," Koolee called to the twins. She gave them each a
long tent pole to carry. She herself carried the longest pole of
all, and a pile of skins.

Koolee led the way up the green slope to a level spot overlooking
the stream and the bay. It was beside some high rocks, and there
were smaller stones all about.

There was a flat stone that she used for the sleeping bench. When
the poles were set up and securely fastened, she got the tent
skins and covered the poles.

She put on one layer of skin with the hair inside and over that
another covering of skin with the fur side out. She sewed the
skins together over the entrance with leather thongs and left a
flap for a door.

Then she placed stones around the edge of the tent covering to
keep the wind from blowing it away. She piled the bed skins on
the rock, and their summer house was ready.

The twins brought the musk ox hides, with all their treasures in
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