d rise by and by.

There was nothing else to be seen in all the twins' world. There were
no trees, no bushes even; nothing but the white earth, the shadows of
the rocks and the snow-covered igloos, the bright windows, and the moon
shining over all.

III.

Menie and Monnie soon reached Koko's igloo. Menie and Nip got there
first. Monnie came puffing along with Tup just a moment after.

Then the twins dropped on their hands and knees in front of Koko's hut,
and stuck their heads into the tunnel. Nip and Tup stuck their heads
in, too.

They all four listened. There was not a sound to be heard except loud
snores! The snores came rattling through the tunnel with such a
frightful noise that the twins were almost scared.

"They sleep out loud, don't they?" whispered Monnie.

"Let's wake them up," Menie whispered back.

Then the twins began to bark. "Ki-yi, ki-yi, ki-yi, ki-yi," just like
little dogs!

Nip and Tup began to yelp, too. The snores and the yelps met in the
middle of the tunnel and the two together made such a dreadful sound
that Koko woke up at once. When he heard four barks he knew right away
that it must be the twins and the little dogs.

So he stuck his head into the other end of the tunnel and called, "Keep
still. You'll wake the baby! I'll be there in a minute."

Very soon Koko popped out of the black hole. He was dressed in a fur
suit and mittens just like the twins.

IV.

The three children went along together toward the Big Rock. Monnie rode
on the sled, and Menie and Koko pulled it. The Big Rock was very
straight up and down on one side, and long and slanting on the other.
The twins were going to coast down the slanting side.

They climbed to the top, and Menie had the first ride. He coasted down
on his stomach with his little reindeer-skin kamiks (shoes) waving in
the air.

Next Koko had a turn. What do you think he did? He stood straight up on
the sled with the leather cord in his hand, and slid down that way! But
then, you see, he was six.

When Monnie's turn came she wanted to go down that way, too. But Menie
said, "No. You'd fall off and bump your nose! You have hardly any nose
as it is, and you'd better save it!"

"I have as much nose as you have, anyway," said Monnie.

"Mine is bigger! I'm a boy!" said Menie.

Koko measured their noses with his finger.

"They are just exactly alike," he said.

Monnie turned hers up at Menie and said, "What did I tell you?"

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