went clattering after.

Little White Bear bounded out of the little door. But there was just a
little alley and then another room with a window high up in the wall. He
looked quickly, and saw a little shelf, like Omnok's bed, only higher
up, right under the window! Little White Bear jumped up but tumbled
back. He tried it again and fell back. But the third time he found
himself on the shelf, and in another minute he was out in the fine old
world, running as fast as ever he could for home. And you may be very
sure he was glad to be with his mother safe in their cave that night.

CHAPTER IX

LITTLE BLACK BEAR'S DISCOVERY

What was Little Black Bear doing all the time Little White Bear was down
in Omnok's house, and what about Omnok's "pooksack"? Well, Little Black
Bear looked down into Omnok's house and wished his little playmate would
hurry out, so they could discover some more things. But when he had
waited what seemed a long, long time, he went on a little exploring trip
all by himself. And he discovered something right away. It had four legs
like Tdariuk, the reindeer. But it was ever so much larger than
Tdariuk, and its legs were straighter. Little Black Bear wasn't long in
finding out that this was not really any one at all, but just a rack
Omnok had made on which to keep his meat. And there was meat up there!
Oh! strips and strips of it! But it was all high out of reach. Little
Black Bear sniffed and sniffed, and My! It did smell good! But even when
he stood on his tiptoes he couldn't reach the least little mouthful.
There _was_ one thing closer to the ground. And such a strange thing as
it was! It looked like a coat that had belonged to one of Little Brown
Seal's cousins, but he couldn't be in the coat right then, for the
collar was tied up tight as could be, and so were the sleeves.

"If there was any one in that coat, he would smother right away," said
Little Black Bear, scratching his head. "But there is something in it!
See how its sides bulge out! I'll just give it a good poke and see what
happens."

Now that strange thing was just hung up by one string, and it swung
about very easily. When Little Black Bear gave it a great poke, it went
up in the air quickly! It came down quickly too, and it hit Little Black
Bear square on his nose. He spun about and tumbled down in the snow, and
at first he had a notion to be angry.

When the thing had stopped swinging, he stood on his tiptoes and smelled
o