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Thus when the others of the house had finished and came back, Isigâligârssik had found a wife, and his house-fellows were very glad of this. Next day, as soon as it was dark, one called, as was the custom: "Let only those who have wives come and hear." And Isigâligârssik, who had before had no wife, felt now a great desire to go and hear this.
When it was wet, he was able to put it on, and when the lacing thong at the bottom touched the wound, it was healed. Now when his house-fellows came out after the spirit-calling they thought to find him lying dead outside the entrance. They followed the blood spoor, and at last he had gone into the house.
And then Isigâligârssik drew up spittle in his mouth and spat straight down beside his feet. "Come here," he said then, to the great wizard. Then he went over to him, and came nearer and nearer, and stopped just before him. Now the wizard aimed with his bow towards him, and when he did this, the house-fellows cried to Isigâligârssik: "Make yourself small!"
This one was easier to cut up, he said. Now when he had got this seal, he took his kayak on his head again and went home across the ice. And his house-fellows shouted for joy when they saw the little creature he sent sliding in. Next day he went out again, and caught two black seal, and after that, he never went out without bringing home something.
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