. Children of the Arctic. nger than the oldest Funny little bear-skin trousers Eskimos can remember, a girlran out of an igloo with a pieceof lighted moss in her brother ran after her witha larger piece of moss. Theyran so long they ran right upinto the sky, where the girlbecame the moon and herbrother the sun. Is nt it funny ?We say there is a man in themoon 3 the Eskimos think it isa girl. 82 CHILDREN OF THE ARCTIC XI March went and Aprilcame, with April FoolsDay and Easter, ofwhich, of course, AH-NI-GHI-TOS Eskimofriends knew nothing. During » April therewere many pleasant days,and
. Children of the Arctic. nger than the oldest Funny little bear-skin trousers Eskimos can remember, a girlran out of an igloo with a pieceof lighted moss in her brother ran after her witha larger piece of moss. Theyran so long they ran right upinto the sky, where the girlbecame the moon and herbrother the sun. Is nt it funny ?We say there is a man in themoon 3 the Eskimos think it isa girl. 82 CHILDREN OF THE ARCTIC XI March went and Aprilcame, with April FoolsDay and Easter, ofwhich, of course, AH-NI-GHI-TOS Eskimofriends knew nothing. During » April therewere many pleasant days,and AH-NI-GHI-TOand her mother were outmost of the Eskimos crossed Smith Sound to theopen water off the Greenland shore, where thewalrus were plentiful and where most of the tribegather every spring for the hunt. Each familybuilds a snow igloo, and there they stay andhunt and feast until the ^breaking up of tht^ice warns them that if they wish to return totheir settlement before the next autumn theymust move on. 83. CHILDREN OF THE ARCTIC Only one family and an orphan boy remainedwith the ship. This boy was the son of Ma-gipsu, the seamstress who sewed for AH-NI-GHI-TOS mother the first time she came tothe Snowland, and whom she found dying twoyears later. This poor little fellow had also lost his fathersince then and was all alone. No one in particu-lar took care of him, but if he needed clothingthe family who could best spare it gave it to him,and his food he got wherever he happened to be. Kood-luk-too, or Good luck to you asCharley called him, and AH-NI-GHI-TO be-came great friends, and AH-NI-GHI-TOSmother said he could stay on the ship and shewould take care of him as long as she remainedin the Snowland. This gave AH-NI-GHI-TO a constant com-panion and guide; for he knew the feedingplaces of the hare and the fox, and the nestingplaces of the Eider duck, the Brant Goose, andother birds whose eggs would be a very welcomechano-e on the bill of fare. 84 CHILDREN OF THE
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