Myths and legends of Alaska . X _>X a o — X x o D. MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ALASKA THE FIRST TEARS Eskimo (Bering Straits) ONE day Man hunted for seals along the sea-shore. Many seals were there, but as Mancrept carefully up to them, they slipped intothe water. At last only one seal was left on the crept up to it carefully, but just as he was aboutto catch the seal, it slipped into the water. Then Man stood up. His breast was full of a strangefeeling. Water began to drop from his eyes. He putup his hand and caught the drops; thus he saw thatthey were really water. Then loud cries came
Myths and legends of Alaska . X _>X a o — X x o D. MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ALASKA THE FIRST TEARS Eskimo (Bering Straits) ONE day Man hunted for seals along the sea-shore. Many seals were there, but as Mancrept carefully up to them, they slipped intothe water. At last only one seal was left on the crept up to it carefully, but just as he was aboutto catch the seal, it slipped into the water. Then Man stood up. His breast was full of a strangefeeling. Water began to drop from his eyes. He putup his hand and caught the drops; thus he saw thatthey were really water. Then loud cries came fromhis breast and more water came out of his eyes. NowMans son saw him coming. He called to his wife thatMan was making a strange noise. So they went downto the seashore. They were surprised to see water com-ing out of his eyes. Then Man told them he had triedto catch seals. He had crept carefully up, but theyslipped into the water. Thus all the seals hadescaped. Then water began to come out of the eyes 85 MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ALASKA of the son an
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