Pretty soon Monnie picked herself up and shook off the snow. Then
Tup shook himself, too. Menie was rolling over and over down the
slope in front of the little stone house. His head was between
his knees and his hands held his ankles, so he rolled just like a
ball.
Nip was running round and round him and barking with all his
might. They made strange shadows on the snow in the moonlight.
Monnie called to Menie. Menie straightened himself out at the
bottom of the slope, picked himself up and ran back to her.
"What shall we play?" said Monnie.
"Let's get Koko, and go to the Big Rock and slide downhill," said
Menie.
"All right," said Monnie. "You run and get your sled."
Menie had a little sled which his father had made for him out of
driftwood. No other boy in the village had one. Menie's father
had searched the beach for many miles to find driftwood to make
this sled.
The Eskimos have no wood but driftwood, and it is so precious
that it is hardly ever used for anything but big dog sledges or
spears, or other things which the men must have.
Most of the boys had sleds cut from blocks of ice. Menie's sled
was behind the igloo. He ran to get it, and then the twins and
the pups -all four- started for Koko's house.
Koko's house was clear at the other end of the village. But that
was not far away, for there were only five igloos in the whole
town.
First there was the igloo where the twins lived. Next was the
home of Akla, the Angakok, and his two wives.
Pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25