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This threat produced silence, and a sniff from Arbalik's mother. Mrs Okiok went on: "The land, Ridroonee says, is very rich. They have all that they wish and more!" "Poo! I would not care to live there," said Pussimek. "And no walruses at all," added Mrs Okiok. "Boo! a miserable country!" exclaimed Ippegoo's mother. "Then they have villages so big! oh!"
"Look out!" cried Rooney in alarm, for, being close to Arbalik in a kayak, he saw that the whale was coming straight at them. It ran on a shoal when close to them, doubled round in terror and whirled its great tail aloft. Right over Arbalik's head the fan-like mass quivered for one moment. The youth did not give it a chance.
He had done his best to conceal matters, with which Angut, he said, had nothing to do; but somehow that wonderfully wise man had seen, as it were, into his brain, and at once became suspicious. Looking back, he saw that Angut had already harnessed the dogs to his sledge, and was packing the Kablunet upon it "All lies," interrupted Arbalik's mother, Issek, at this point.
We came to a small hummock of ice. I doubled round it. The bear went past like one of Arbalik's arrows sitting on its haunches, and trying to stop itself in vain, for the wind carried it on like an oomiak with the sail spread. When the bear stopped, it turned back, and soon came up with me, for I had doubled, and was by that time running nearly against the wind. Then my courage rose!
"We have kayaks oomiaks in my country, which are big enough to carry three or four times as many people as you have in this village." Another roar of laughter greeted this statement. "Isn't he a good liar?" whispered Arbalik's mother. "And so grave about it too," replied Kunelik. Red Rooney stopped.
There was a huk of approval at this explanation, which was given in a slightly exulting tone, and with a glance of mild defiance at Arbalik's mother. But Issek was not a woman to be put down easily by a simpleton. She at once returned to the charge. "No doubt Ippegoo is right," she said, with forced calmness, "but he has talked of a message to Okiok.
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