HUSKIE AN OLD FRIEND 
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his own mind. “A cold, cold country and no 
White Bear, no Tusks, the walrus, no Little 
White Fox, no Tdariuk, the reindeer! What a 
strange land and how lonesome it must be!” 
“Oh, no, you’re wrong,” said Huskie, 
seeming to read what was in Stormy’s mind. 
“It’s not so bad. There are many people living 
here, especially in the summer time. And the 
most interesting people in the world are these 
same Penguin people you have just been stay¬ 
ing with. But you must come right home with 
me. My master will be more than glad to see 
anyone from his home town. He brought me 
down here to keep him company and to show 
him about in this cold land, but I sometimes 
think he even grows tired of me in these long, 
long nights. But never mind, by the first of 
October it will be very fine and warm indeed, 
and by Christmas it will be splendid summer 
