United States or Bolivia ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
When Monnie's turn came she wanted to go down that way, too. But Menie said, "No. You'd fall off and bump your nose! You have hardly any nose as it is, and you'd better save it!" "I have as much nose as you have, anyway," said Monnie. "Mine is bigger! I'm a boy!" said Menie. Koko measured their noses with his finger. "They are just exactly alike," he said.
"I was just packing. You can help me. There's a lot to do to get ready." The twins were delighted to help. They got together all their own treasures the sled, and the fishing rods, the dog harnesses, and Annadore, and bound them up with walrus thongs. All but Annadore. Annadore rode in Monnie's hood as usual. Koolee gathered all her things together again and wrapped them in the musk-ox hide.
They skipped stones and danced and played ball, and their mothers played with them. The men had their fun, too. They sat in their circle, told stories, and played games which weren't children's games, and the Angakok sang a song, beating time on a little drum. All the men sang the chorus. By and by, Koolee saw Monnie's head nodding.
Great splashes of red color came up in the sky over the place where it had been. Still the twins sat patiently by their holes. It grew darker and darker. The colors faded. The stars began to twinkle, but the twins did not move. Nip and Tup ran races on the ice, and rolled over each other and barked. At last all of a sudden there was a fearful jerk on Monnie's line! It took her by surprise.
So they crawled out on all fours. Nip and Tup came with them. Nip and Tup were on all fours, too, but they had run that way all their lives, so they could go much faster than the twins. They got out first. Then they ran round in circles in the snow and barked at the moon. When Menie and Monnie came out of the hole, Tup jumped up to lick Monnie's face.
Their eyes grew as round and big and popping as those of Monnie's codfish, while they watched the long banners join themselves into a great waving curtain of color that hung clear across the heavens. "What is it? Oh, what is it?" they gasped. They were too astonished to move, and they were a good deal frightened, too. They never knew the sky could act like that.
Word Of The Day