The twins had watched him make it. It seemed so easy they were
sure they could do it too. Kesshoo said, "If you will run to all
the igloos and tell the people to come at sunset to eat the
bear's head, I will help you build the snow house for the dogs."
Menie and Monnie couldn't run. Nobody could. The snow was too
deep. They went in every step above their knees. But they
ploughed along and gave their message at each igloo.
Everybody was very glad to come, and Koko said, "I'll come right
now and stay if you want me to."
"Come along," said the twins.
They went back to their own house, kicking the snow to make a
path. Koko went with them. The snow was just the right kind for a
snow house. It packed well and made good blocks.
While the twins were away giving the invitations, Kesshoo carried
great pieces of bear's meat into the house.
Koolee put in the cooking pan all the meat it would hold, and
kept the blaze bright in the lamp underneath to cook it.
Then Kesshoo took his long ivory knife and went out to help the
twins with the snow house, as he had promised.
"See, this is the way," he said to them.
He took an unbroken patch of snow where no one had stepped. He
made a wide sweep of his arm and marked a circle in the snow with
his knife.
The circle was just as big as he meant the house to be. Then he
cut out blocks of snow from the space inside the circle. He
placed these big blocks of snow around the circle on the line he
had marked with his knife.
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