Monnie and Koko stopped laughing and listened. They could not
hear anything. They could not see anything. Still Nip and Tup
growled. The twins and Koko. were children of brave hunters, so,
although they were scared, they crept very quietly to the side of
the Big Rock and peeped over.
Just that minute there was a dreadful growl! "Woof!" It was very
loud, and very near, and down on the beach a shadow was moving!
It was the shadow of a great white BEAR!
He was looking for fish and was cross because everything was
frozen, and he could not find any on the beach.
The moment they saw him, the twins and Koko turned and ran for
home as fast as ever their short legs could go! They did not even
stop to get the precious sled. They just ran and ran.
Nip and Tup ran, too, with their ears back and their little tails
stuck straight out behind them!
If they had looked back, they would have seen the bear stand up
on his hind legs and look after them, then get down on all fours
and start toward the Big Rock on a run.
But neither the children nor the little dogs looked back! They
just ran with all their might until they reached the twins'
igloo. Then they all dived into the tunnel like frightened
rabbits.
V.
When they came up in the one little room of the igloo at the
other end of the tunnel Kesshoo and Koolee were just crawling out
of the warm fur covers of their bed. Menie and Monnie and Koko
and the little dogs all began to talk at once.
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