The women had all let down their hair, just as
the twins' mother did. Each one carried her knife.
They all ran toward the Big Rock, too. Far ahead they could see
the bear, and the dogs bounding along, and Kesshoo running with
his lance in his hand.
Then they saw the dogs spring upon the bear. The bear stood up on
his hind legs and tried to catch the dogs and crush them in his
arms. But the dogs were too nimble. The bear could not catch
them.
When Kesshoo came near, the bear gave a great roar, and started
for him. The brave Kesshoo stood still with his lance in his
hand, until the bear got quite near. Then he ran at the bear and
plunged the lance into his side. The lance pierced the bear's
heart. He groaned, fell to the ground, rolled over, and was
still.
Then how everybody ran! Koko's mother had her baby in her hood,
where Eskimo mothers always carry their babies. She could not run
so fast as the others. The Angakok was fat, so he could not keep
up, but he waddled along as fast as he could.
"Hurry, hurry," he called to his wives. "Bespeak one of his hind
legs for me."
Menie and Monnie and Koko had such short legs they could not go
very fast either, so they ran along with the Angakok, and Koko's
mother, and Nip and Tup.
When they reached the bear they found all the other people
crowded around it. Each one stuck his fingers in the bear's blood
and then sucked his fingers. This was because they wanted all
bears to know how they longed to kill them.
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