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Tales the Eskimos tell, selected and retold . rX^:^^ .J-^ ^.rf> uv^ ^ ,.:;:;^^^^ ^^^^;. 34 HOW THE TROUT WAS MADE Once upon a time there lived a greatangekok who was always trying to help hispeople. One day as he was walking along theshore he was thinking about how he could helphis people get more food, for game was some-times scarce and they were often hungry. It was a bright, still day and the waterwas very calm and beautiful. The angekoklooked out across the smooth blue water andsaid to himself, How I wish that I could makesomething to live in the water! If I could takesomething that gro
Tales the Eskimos tell, selected and retold . rX^:^^ .J-^ ^.rf> uv^ ^ ,.:;:;^^^^ ^^^^;. 34 HOW THE TROUT WAS MADE Once upon a time there lived a greatangekok who was always trying to help hispeople. One day as he was walking along theshore he was thinking about how he could helphis people get more food, for game was some-times scarce and they were often hungry. It was a bright, still day and the waterwas very calm and beautiful. The angekoklooked out across the smooth blue water andsaid to himself, How I wish that I could makesomething to live in the water! If I could takesomething that grows on the land and changeit into a living thing to swim in the water, thenmy people could find more food.*^ r—• The angekok looked around and sawsome willows growing nearby. He went overand broke off a little dry stick and, holding itin his hands, he said: 35 Torngak, be near me,My people in this waterIs seaweed in plenty—Seaweed for foodFor new living creatures.(Torngak, be near me.)Here is a stickThat grew on a it no more be a thing on the dry land,But ch
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