A TKEASUKY OF ESKIMO TALES 



Then the old witch rushed in trembling with fear 

 and gave Kiviung what he had asked for. 



"Here are your boots," she cried; "here are 

 your slippers; here are your stockings. I will 

 help you put them on." 



But Kiviung would not stay any longer with 

 the horrid creature, and dared not wait to put on 

 his stockings and boots. He rushed out of the 

 house and had barely gotten out of the door when 

 it clapped violently together, catching the tail of 

 his jacket, which was torn off. Without stop- 

 ping to look behind, he ran to his kayak and pad- 

 dled away. 



The old woman quickly recovered from her 

 fear and came out swinging a glittering knife 

 which she attempted to throw at him. He was 

 so frightened that he nearly upset his kayak, but 

 he steadied it and arose to his feet, lifting his 

 spear. 



" I shall kill you with my spear," he cried. 



At that the old woman fell down in terror and 

 broke her knife which she had made by magic out 

 of a thin slab of ice. 



He traveled on for many days, always keeping 

 near the shore. At last he came to another hut, 

 and again a lamp was burning inside. His cloth- 

 ing was wet and he was hungry, so he landed and 



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