Our little Eskimo cousin . sons from this wise creature, and hedid not forget them. The polar bear, so 88 Our Little Eskimo Cousin strong and fierce, is also very cunning. Ifhe discovers a dark spot far away on the ice,he seems to say to himself, Ah ! there is aseal asleep. I will deceive him, and catch himfor my dinner. So he creeps, or, rather,hitches along, with his fore feet curled beneathhim. Nearer and nearer he draws to his now the sleeping seal awakes. Is theredanger ? But the bear at once stops mov-ing, and makes a low, strange sound. Itis different from his usual voice. The
Our little Eskimo cousin . sons from this wise creature, and hedid not forget them. The polar bear, so 88 Our Little Eskimo Cousin strong and fierce, is also very cunning. Ifhe discovers a dark spot far away on the ice,he seems to say to himself, Ah ! there is aseal asleep. I will deceive him, and catch himfor my dinner. So he creeps, or, rather,hitches along, with his fore feet curled beneathhim. Nearer and nearer he draws to his now the sleeping seal awakes. Is theredanger ? But the bear at once stops mov-ing, and makes a low, strange sound. Itis different from his usual voice. The seallistens, and is charmed. He turns his headfrom side to side, and then is quite still oncemore. The bear creeps nearer now; oncemore the seal starts, but is again charmedby the strange sound. Suddenly he is caughtin those powerful claws, and the long, sharpteeth fasten themselves in his body. In amoment it is all over with the poor seal. This is one of the lessons Etu learned fromNinoo, the bear. He followed his teacher.
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