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Updated: May 14, 2025
"Go on, Long Fingers," one called. "How wilt thou strike the bear when thy fingers are gone? How wilt thou seek the musk ox when ookiah hath bitten off thy feet?" The maiden who spoke was extremely thin. "Ha, ha!" Papik returned. "How wilt thou warm thy husband when the winter comes?
"But with my fingers I speed the arrow with skill," he replied. "True, but the fate of him who shoots with a skill such as thine is unfortunate indeed; for soon the day will come when thou wilt not speed the arrow, when thy hands will be robbed of their cunning. Then how wilt thou get food for thy wife? Ookiah will twist thy nose, and it will freeze. Poor Papik!"
He had seen hard times, he had suffered from starvation during many winters; yet never even in his experience had the lashes of ookiah struck so blastingly upon the tribe. Yea, they had even lost their fear of the tornarssuit and no longer brought propitiatory offerings of blubber to him.
Annadoah loved one Olafaksoah, a chief from the south; for him the heart of Annadoah became very great within her. And now the heart of Annadoah aches. For he hath gone to the south. And not until the birds sing in spring will he return. And Annadoah is left alone. Ookiah comes with the lash of wicked walrus thongs, and there is no blubber buried outside Annadoah's shelter. Neither is there oil.
"My shadow yearns only to the south . . . the far, far south." "Thy soul yearns to the south forsooth, will I all the more cherish thee. "The teeth of ookiah are not so sharp as the teeth in my heart," sobbed Annadoah. Ootah felt a great pity for her a pity and tenderness greater than his jealousy. "But I shall teach thee to forget, Annadoah." "I cannot forget.
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