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WITH AFFECTIONATE GREETING I DEDICATE THIS SMALL VOLUME TO MY LITTLE FRIENDS THE CHILDREN OF ALASKA

Date of account: Published 1923
Source: Animal Stories from Eskimo Land Adapted from the Original Eskimo Stories Collected by Dr. Daniel S. Neuman
Reference: Animal Stories from Eskimo Land Adapted from the Original Eskimo Stories Collected by Dr. Daniel S. Neuman · selected passage 27
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-25

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The little fellow was so frightened he wanted to run away, but it was too late, for the giant had already seen him and shouted to him that he must dance

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The little fellow was so frightened he wanted to run away, but it was too late, for the giant had already seen him and shouted to him that he must dance. The boy obeyed, and while he was dancing the giant beat upon the drum and sang a long song. When he came to the end of the song, he gave a mighty shout and hurled the drum at the boy’s head. Whizzing through the air, the drum struck the arm of the birchbark image and broke it off; then the boy took the drum and sang the giant’s song. When he had finished, he threw the drum back and it cut off one of the giant’s arms. They kept throwing the drum back and forth at each other until at last the image was broken, and the giant fell dead.

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