ck there since
to find out. And to be sure, if he had been eaten by Giants, no one
ever would know about it anyway.

Then Kesshoo showed them all a great knife that the white chief had
given him, in exchange for a sealskin, and two steel needles that he
had sent to Koolee. Koolee kept the needles in a little ivory case all
by themselves.

She always carried the case in her kamik, so it would not be lost. She
could do wonderful sewing with the needles. Koolee was very proud of
her sewing. No one else in the whole village could sew so well, because
they had not such good needles to do it with. Koolee used them only for
her very finest work.

At last the Angakok said, "It is time to go home." He called to his
wives. They climbed down off the bench.

That started the others. One after another they put on their upper
garments, which they had taken off in the warm igloo, said good bye,
and popped down into the tunnel. Last of all came the Angakok's turn.

Then Kesshoo and Koolee and the Angakok's wives all began to look very
anxious. The Angakok looked a little worried himself. If he had stuck
coming in, what would happen now after he had eaten so much!

He got down on his hands and knees, and looked at the hole. He had
taken off his thick fur coat when he came in. Now he took off his
undercoat, and his thick fur trousers! He gave them to his wives.

Then he stretched himself out just as long as he possibly could and
slowly hitched himself down into the tunnel, groaning all the way.

Kesshoo and Koolee and the wives waited until his feet disappeared, and
they heard him scraping along through the tunnel. Then they breathed a
great sigh of relief, and the two wives popped down after him.

The last Kesshoo and Koolee heard of the Angakok, was a kind of muffled
roar when a piece of ice fell from the top of the tunnel on to his bare
back.

Menie and Monnie and the pups were already sound asleep in their corner
of the bench when their father and mother fixed the lamp for the night
and crawled in among the fur robes beside them.

VI. THE REINDEER HUNT

THE REINDEER HUNT

I.

The day after the feast it was still very cold, but there were signs of
spring in the air. When Menie went out to feed the dogs, he saw a flock
of ravens flying north, and Koko saw some sea-birds on the same day.

Two days after that, when the twins and Koko were all three playing
together on the Big Rock, they saw a huge iceberg floa