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As usual, the husband came home and wanted to visit his 

 wife, but found her dead — strangled — and the little child 

 gone. He quickly set out for his own house (and found that) 

 his second wife had taken the little child over there. He was 

 not angry with her on account of the murder because she had 

 let the boy live. 



The little fellow grew up and in the course of a short 

 time became strong and independent. It made an impression 

 on him when he found out that his mother had been murdered. 

 He developed to be a good hunter and fisher and exceedingly 

 strong. Together with his father he went out in a kajak and 

 harpooned a white whale, the first large sea-animal he had 

 caught. When he had come home with the white whale — and 

 they had finished the usual whalehide-eating, he carried his 

 harpoon in and after having let it fall on the floor, he took 

 hold of one end of it and said: this (the harpoon strap) ought 

 to have had a mother! because the big harpoon murdered her, 

 because it wound about her, I have jerked it to pieces as I 

 was about to roll it up. ^ See, there Mes an instrument, which 

 has been a trap ! there lies one who has got his mouth opened 

 wide ! — This is the end of the tale. 



.5. Arnalik. 

 Rodebay (Pele Madsen), Jakobshavn. 

 агпаНц-О'гипа \ pula'iartwmawoq \ ilumawame nimaqarXune \ 

 ituÅ'ip iluanut tuPuniartarput \ tuPut ikaPut \ umiane ulik'arXwio \ 

 avierXartarpoq икшЫга'щЬ \ ирегпега'щХ'о wm-a tuPuniarqiP- 

 arpoq I pularqawim'inut иач tikik-amik \ oqarput s"ormeta'"tva \ 

 tuPut pbrrutilerpat \ invaqa ersiTiisaqaleramik \ a'rim'e ila-ne 

 uk'uk'ut pisuPut tikihamik \ oqarput narsarso'p isetyiane \ 

 quÅroriiaq ariiso-rujus'uariortoq takö^arput \ ta'na'^'na ег8ща1оцо 

 tuPut p'ài'rus'imasut \ щиШ ikàPut im-inut tikiX'utik oqaluarsa'- 



' It takes almost superhuman strength to jerk such a leatlier strap to 

 pieces. 



