22 THE CHILDREN OF THE COLD. 



snow, and the ice forming on the lake, 

 and the little baby almost unclothed at 

 that, and then you can imagine what the 

 Eskimo baby has to go through. 



Yet, in spite of all this, little Boreas 

 really enjoys himself. He gets used to 

 the cold, and has great fun frolicking 

 around on the reindeer skins and playing 

 with his toys ; and when I have told you 

 some other stories about the cold' these 

 little folks can endure, you can understand 

 how they can enjoy themselves in the 

 snow huts, or igloos, as they call them, 

 when it is only a little colder than freez- 

 ing. 



At times, the fire will get too warm in 

 the snow house, and then the ceiling will 

 commence melting for you all perhaps 

 have learned at school that when a room 

 becomes warmed it is warmer at the ceil- 



