. Children of the Arctic. thewhite man lived; but this they did not believe, andsaid, Oh, you cant fool us, we saw Mr. Warmbath makethis one. For our Christmas dinner we had roast beef (canned^,stewed tomatoes (^canned), dandelion greens and corn(canned^, and baked beans. Then plum pudding withsauce. 11 CHILDREN OF THE ARCTIC After dinner we had songs and games, and for a littlewhile I quite forgot that I was thousands of miles awayfrom home and hundreds of miles from any other whitepeople. Mother and I had been invited to take teawith Captain Sam in the forward saloon, and we spenta pleasant
. Children of the Arctic. thewhite man lived; but this they did not believe, andsaid, Oh, you cant fool us, we saw Mr. Warmbath makethis one. For our Christmas dinner we had roast beef (canned^,stewed tomatoes (^canned), dandelion greens and corn(canned^, and baked beans. Then plum pudding withsauce. 11 CHILDREN OF THE ARCTIC After dinner we had songs and games, and for a littlewhile I quite forgot that I was thousands of miles awayfrom home and hundreds of miles from any other whitepeople. Mother and I had been invited to take teawith Captain Sam in the forward saloon, and we spenta pleasant evening. I wondered if father had a goodChristmas and if he was coming to us soon. This isthe first real Christmas-tree celebration the natives haveever seen, and I am sure thev will never forget it. So vou see I had a good time, onlv I wanted you allto be with me too. I send you much love and many,many kisses. \ our lo\ing Snowbaby. 7 ^Bm 1 ■ _ HR ■ • w - ■■EsS c —^-,, -g- 1* f - ,^ 78 CHILDREN OF THE ARCTIC. A tiny baby in the hood X The holidays over,everything went on asusual. AH-NI-GHI-TOtook walks with hermother and some of theEskimos nearly every in climbing a steepslope of hard snow AH-NI-GHI-TO began toslip and could not stopherself. It was very far to the bottom and shewas badly frightened, but one of the Eskimoboys ran to her, and digging his feet into thehard snow far enough to catch his heels andkeep himself steady, he held on to her untilshe too had made a place in the snow for herheels. Then together they carefully pickedtheir way off the slippery slope to where thesnow was soft and their feet sank into it. Another time they walked farther than theyintended, and the moon went behind the clouds, 19 CHILDREN OF THE ARCTIC leaving it quite dark. In taking a short cutthey came to a slope which, in the dim light,looked as if it were not very steep, and they de-cided to sit down and slide ; but nosooner was AH-NI-GHI-TO seatedthan away she shot out
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