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The Chukchie Folk-tale
- A Raven and an Arctic fox A raven and an Arctic fox were neighbors.
- The raven used to get up early in the morning to go to fishing and hunting.
- Once upon a time on his long, long way to fishing and hunting he finds a huge iaranga (chukchie dwelling made of sturdy beams and reindeer skin), the entrance to which is closed.
- He climbs on the top of the dwelling and peeps into the hole, and sees there a large herd of deer.
- Right next to it there is a woman currying skin (getting it ready to be used for clothes, etc).
- The raven chose a calf to be his bag.
- After he’d spat on the calf, it died right away.
- She noticed the dead calf and threw it away.
- He picked up his bag and dragged it to his house.
- While cooking his meal, the Arctic fox, the Raven's neighbor, scented the smell of the meal and decided to find out the way to get food asking his neighbor.
- Next day the Arctic fox found the huge iaranga with the woman and her large herd.
- The Arctic fox was so greed that he chose the biggest deer.
- He spat on the deer so it died.
- Again, the woman noticed the dead deer and threw it away.
- The Arctic fox occurred at once.
- But the bag was so big that it was unbearable for him to drag it.
- And he shouted for help.
- Having heard someone’s voice, the woman came out from the iaranga and saw the Arctic fox.
- She stroked him with a timber, and the Arctic fox ran out of sight.
- Since that time Arctic fox eats only carrion.
- AlexTownes
September 2015
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