to jump ashore."

And when he said this, she sprang ashore. When she now stood on land,
she turned round and saw that the kayak was lost to sight in a great
wave. And it was never seen again. She turned and went away. But as she
went on, she felt a mighty thirst. She came to a place where water was
oozing through the snow. She went there, and when she reached it, and
was about to lay herself down to drink, a voice came suddenly and said:

"Do not drink it; for if you do, you will never taste the good things
Qujavarssuk has paid you."

When she heard this she went forward again. On her way she came to a
house. On the top of the house lay a great dog, and it was terrible
to see. When she began to go past it, it looked as if it would bite
her. But at last she came past it.

In the passage way of the house there was a great river flowing,
and the only place where she could tread was narrow as the back of
a knife. And the passage way itself was so wide that she could not
hold fast by the walls.

So she walked along, poising carefully, using her little fingers as
wings. But when she came to the inner door, the step was so high,
that she could not come over it quickly. Inside the house, she saw an
old woman lying face downwards on the bedplace. And as soon as she had
come in, the old woman began to abuse her. And she was about to answer
those bad words, when the old woman sprang out on to the floor to fight
with her. And now they two fought furiously together. They fought
for a long time, and little by little the old woman grew tired. And
when she was so tired that she could not get up, the other saw that
her hair hung loose and was full of dirt. And now Tugto's wife began
cleaning her as well as she could. When this was done, she put up
her hair in its knot. The old woman had not spoken, but now she said:

"You are a dear little thing, you that have come in here. It is long
since I was so nicely cleaned. Not since little Atakana from Sardloq
cleaned me have I ever been cleaned at all. I have nothing to give
you in return. Move my lamp away."

And when she did so, there was a noise like the moving of wings. When
she turned to look, she saw a host of birds flying in through the
passage way. For a long time birds flew in, without stopping. But
then the woman said:

"Now it is enough." And she put the lamp straight. And when that was
done, the other said again:

"Will you not put it a little to the other side?"

And