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When everything else was ready, Koolee and the twins went up on top of the igloo. They pulled the moss and dirt out of the chinks between the stones that made the roof, and then Koolee pulled up the stones themselves and let them fall over to one side. This left the roof open to the sky. "What makes you do that?" Menie asked. "So the sun and rain can clean house for us," said Koolee.
Kesshoo made knives and queer spoons out of bone or ivory for Koolee, and for himself he made new barbs for his bladder-dart, new bone hooks for fishlines, and all sorts of things for hunting. He made salmon spears, and bird darts, and fishlines, and he ornamented his weapons with little pictures or patterns.
"Take the stomach, by all means, then," said Kesshoo, politely. Koolee and Monnie looked very much disappointed. They wanted the stomach dreadfully. But the Angakok answered, "Since you urge me, I will take the stomach. I had a dream last night, and in the dream I was told by my Tornak that today I should feed upon a reindeer's stomach, given me by one of my grateful children.
The Angakok grew better natured every minute. By the time he had eaten all he could hold he was really quite happy and benevolent! He clasped his hands over his stomach and smiled on everybody. The women chattered in their corner of the sleeping-bench, and Koolee showed Koko's mother the new fur suit trimmed with white rabbit's skin that she was making for Menie.
Koolee led the way up the green slope to a level spot overlooking the stream and the bay. It was beside some high rocks, and there were smaller stones all about. There was a flat stone that she used for the sleeping bench. When the poles were set up and securely fastened, she got the tent skins and covered the poles.
And to be sure, if he had been eaten by Giants, no one ever would know about it anyway. Then Kesshoo showed them all a great knife that the white chief had given him, in exchange for a sealskin, and two steel needles that he had sent to Koolee. Koolee kept the needles in a little ivory case all by themselves. She always carried the case in her kamik, so it would not be lost.
An Eskimo never keeps the game he kills for himself alone. Every one in the village has a share. The bear was very large. He was so large that though all the women pulled together they could not drag the body back to the village. The men laughed at them, but they did not help them. So Koolee ran back for their sledge and harnesses for the dogs.
The dogs were buried under it and had to be dug out, all but Nip and Tup. They stayed inside with the twins and slept in their bed. The twins and their father and mother were glad to stay in the warm hut. At last the snow stopped, the air cleared, and the twins and Kesshoo went out. Koolee stayed in the igloo. She sat on her sleeping bench upon a pile of soft furs.
The meat was placed on the top of it, so the dogs could not reach it, no matter how high they jumped. When the rest of the meat was taken care of, Koolee took the bear's head and carried it into the igloo. All the people followed her. Then Koolee did a queer thing. She placed the head on a bench, with the nose pointing toward the Big Rock, because the bear had come from that direction.
She could do wonderful sewing with the needles. Koolee was very proud of her sewing. No one else in the whole village could sew so well, because they had not such good needles to do it with. Koolee used them only for her very finest work. At last the Angakok said, "It is time to go home." He called to his wives. They climbed down off the bench. That started the others.
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