began to pull, and the
whole procession started back to the village, leaving a great red stain
on the clean white snow where the bear had been killed.

Last of all came the twins and Koko. They had loaded the bear's skin on
Menie's sled.

"It's a woman's work to pull the meat home. We men just do the hunting
and fishing," Menie said to Koko. They had heard the men say that.

"Yes, we found the bear," Koko answered. "Monnie can pull the skin
home."

And though Monnie had found the bear just as much as they had, she
didn't say a word. She just pulled away on the sled, and they all
reached the igloo together just as the round red sun came up out of the
sea, and threw long blue shadows far across the fields of snow.

II. KOOLEE DIVIDES THE MEAT

KOOLEE DIVIDES THE MEAT

I.

The first thing that was done after they got the sledge back to the
village was to feed the dogs. The dogs were very hungry; they had
smelled the fresh meat for a long time without so much as a bite of it,
and they had had nothing to eat for two whole days. They jumped about
and howled again and got their harnesses dreadfully tangled.

Kesshoo unharnessed them and gave them some bones, and while they were
crunching them and quarreling among themselves, Koolee crawled into the
igloo and brought out a bowl. The bowl was made of a hollowed-out
stone, and it had water in it.

"This is for a charm," said Koolee. "If you each take a sip of water
from this bowl my son will always have good luck in spying bears!"

She passed the bowl around, and each person took a sip of the water.
When Menie's turn came he took a big, big mouthful, because he wanted
to be very brave, indeed, and find a bear every week. But he was in too
much of a hurry. The water went down his "Sunday-throat" and choked
him! He coughed and strangled and his face grew red. Koolee thumped him
on the back.

"That's a poor beginning for a great bear-hunter," she said.

Everybody laughed at Menie. Menie hated to be laughed at. He went away
and found Nip and Tup. They wouldn't laugh at him, he knew. He thought
he liked dogs better than people anyway.

Nip and Tup were trying to get their noses into the circle with the
other dogs, but the big dogs snapped at them and drove them away, so
Menie got some scraps and fed them.

Meanwhile Koolee stood by the sledge and divided the meat among her
neighbors. First she gave one of the hind legs to the wives of the
Angakok, because