it down
to the shore and sew it there."

And so the woman, for all her mourning, was forced to go down to the
shore and sew the skin of her husband's kayak. But when she had been
sewing a little, suddenly her thread began to make a little sound,
and the little sound grew to a muttering, and louder and louder. And
at last a monster came up out of the sea; a monster in the shape of
a dog, and said:

"Why are you sewing, you who are still in mourning?"

"My husband will not listen to me, for he is so obstinate," she said.

And then the mighty dog sprang ashore and fell upon that husband.

But that Obstinate One was not abashed; as usual, he thought he would
get his own way, and his way now was to kill the dog. And they fought
together, and the dog was killed.

But now the owner of the dog appeared, and he turned out to be the
Moon Man.

And he fell upon that Obstinate One, but the Obstinate One would as
usual not give way, but fell upon him in turn. He caught the Moon Man
by the throat, and had nearly strangled him. He clenched and clenched,
and the Moon Man was nearly strangled to death.

"There will be no more ebb-tide or flood if you strangle me," said
the Moon Man.

But the Obstinate One cared little for that; he only clutched the
tighter.

"The seal will never breed again if you strangle me," cried the
Moon Man.

But the Obstinate One did not care at all, though the Moon Man
threatened more and more.

"There will never be dawn or daylight again if you kill me," said
the Moon Man at last.

And at this the Obstinate One began to hesitate; he did not like the
thought of living in the dark for ever. And he let the Moon Man go.

Then the Moon Man called his dog to life again, and made ready to
leave that place. And he took his team and cast the dogs up into the
air one by one, and they never came down again, and at last there
was the whole team of sledge dogs hovering in the air.

"May I come and visit you in the Moon?" asked the Obstinate One. For
he suddenly felt a great desire to do so.

"Yes, come if you please," said the Moon Man. "But when you see a
great rock in your way, take great care to drive round behind it. Do
not pass it on the sunny side, for if you do, your heart will be torn
out of you."

And then the Moon Man cracked his whip, and drove off through the
naked air.

Now the Obstinate One began making ready for his journey to the
moon. It had been his custom to keep his dogs inside