A TEEASUEY OF ESKIMO TALES 



little shriveled bag of bones," and were always 

 imposing upon him on account of his weakness. 



When the people gathered in the singing house 

 he used to lie in the passage and peep over the 

 threshold. Now and then a man would take him 

 by the nose and lift him into the house and make 

 him carry out a jar of water. It was so large and 

 heavy that he had to take hold of it with both 

 hands and his teeth. Because he was so often 

 lifted by his nose, it grew very large, but he re- 

 mained small and weak. 



At last the Man in the Moon, who protects all 

 the Eskimo orphans, noticed how the men ill- 

 treated Quadjaq, and came down to help him. 

 He harnessed his dappled dog to his sledge and 

 drove down. When he was near the hut he 

 stopped the dog and called, " Quadjaq, come 

 out." 



The boy thought it was one of the men who 

 wanted to plague him, and he said, " I will not 

 come out. Go away." 



" Come out, Quadjaq," said the Man from the 

 Moon, and his voice sounded softer than the 

 voices of the men. But still the boy hesitated, 

 and said, " You will cuff me." 



" No, I will not hurt you. Come out," said the 

 Moon Man. 



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